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Self‐monitoring as a mediator of person‐environment fit: an investigation of Hong Kong mathematics classroom environments
Author(s) -
Wong Ngaiying,
Watkins David
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1996.tb01191.x
Subject(s) - psychology , salient , psychosocial , mathematics education , preference , congruence (geometry) , developmental psychology , learning environment , social psychology , mathematics , geography , statistics , archaeology , psychiatry
The research literature indicates that students tend to achieve better in a learning environment close to their preference. It was hypothesised that the congruence between the preferred and actual classroom environments would have an effect on students' learning and the impact would be more salient among low rather than high self‐monitoring individuals since the latter can more easily adapt themselves to situations. This hypothesis was supported by regression surface analyses in a study of 356 Hong Kong secondary school students using an instrument developed to assess the psychosocial environment of Hong Kong mathematics classrooms.