Autonomy support: a key for understanding students learning motivation in science?

摘要: Scientific literacy is an important prerequisite for societal participation as well a basis scientific career. Despite the major efforts made to improve science education intrinsic motivation learning low in many countries and there lack of young aspiring careers sciences. According self-determination theory stage-environment fit need autonomy key factor development maintenance motivation. In present study we examined differences regular classes labs regarding perceived support, motivation, identified regulation sample 649 secondary school students. grades five six support were high both, labs. At seven eight still but not sciences classes. These results assumptions that decline during early adolescence can be countered by enhancing support. Furthermore, was no gender-gap regulation.