Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

. Pressure from the administration or from students decreased teachers‟ motivation.Using the same instrument as well as surveying the students, Roth et al. found that moreautonomy lead to greater feelings of personal accomplishment, less exhaustion, increased studentreports of autonomy supportive teaching, and increased student autonomy for learning 14. Againusing Pelletier‟s instrument, with others, Leroy et al. found that teachers with more self-efficacy,more experience in the classroom, and less external pressure provided more autonomy support totheir students 15. Deci and Ryan10 reported that teachers who perceived a lack of interest and lowlevels of self determination in their students responding by behaving in a more controllingmanner. The