Abstract The United States has made a significant effort and investment in STEM education,
yet the size and the composition of the STEM workforce continues to fail to meet demand. It …

In the present paper we systematically review the corpus of evidence on the effects of need
supportive teaching on early adolescents' motivation and engagement for school. Based on …

The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed methods study was to investigate teacher
and peer support for young adolescents' academic motivation, classroom engagement, and …

We study the relative importance of the three dimensions of need-supportive teaching (NST)
and students' self-efficacy to gain new knowledge about students' achievement in higher …

This study examined teachers' experience of autonomous motivation for teaching and its
correlates in teachers and students. It was hypothesized that teachers would perceive …

Psychologists and educators have often conceptualized motivation as an individual
difference variable, something that some students simply have more of than other students …

Psychologically controlling teaching (PCT) refers to the use of intrusive behaviors that
pressure students to act, think, and feel in particular ways. The goal of the present research …

This article addresses the controversy regarding the value of offering choices as a teaching
practice. Inconsistent of results regarding the effects of choice in various settings suggest …

Background Self‐determination theory defines two important dimensions of teaching style:
autonomy support and structure. Aims The purpose of the present study was to investigate …

We focused on potential effects of directly controlling teacher behaviors (DCTB), such as
giving frequent directives, interfering with children's preferred pace of learning, and not …