Open AccessFitting a Model to Students' Cognitive engagement: A Step Towards Accountable Education in Medical Education
Author(s) -
Parisa Mehrdadian,
Mehdi Rabiei,
Razieh Khosrorad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
propósitos y representaciones
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2310-4635
pISSN - 2307-7999
DOI - 10.20511/pyr2021.v9nspe1.1052
Subject(s) - normative , identity (music) , psychology , style (visual arts) , path analysis (statistics) , cognition , cognitive style , social psychology , computer science , political science , physics , archaeology , machine learning , neuroscience , acoustics , law , history
Results: nformational identity style has both direct and indirect effect (through the intervening role of mastery goals) on cognitive engagement (P<0.01). Normative identity style has an effect The path from diffuse-avoidant identity style to performance-avoidance goals was excluded from fitted model, fitted model predicts 41% of cognitive engagement. Conclusion: Inorder to improve learning, cognitive engagement (mental efforts) can be targeted using motivational and identity variables.