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Measuring Cost: The Forgotten Component Of Expectancy Value Theory, Jessica Kay Flake
Measuring Cost: The Forgotten Component Of Expectancy Value Theory, Jessica Kay Flake
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Abstract Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT) (Eccles et al., 1983) offers one of the most influential models for understanding motivation. One component of this theory, cost, can be defined as how much a student has to sacrifice to engage in a task. However, EVT researchers appear to have forgotten the component of cost. Though cost has been theorized as an important component of EVT, empirical work has neglected to measure and study it (Wigfield & Cambria, 2010). As a result, cost and its relationship with student outcomes is largely unknown (Wigfield & Eccles, 2000). The focus of the current study is to …