FAMILY SUPPORT AS A POSSIBLE PREDICTOR OF STRATEGIES AND OF THE MOTIVATION TO LEARN

ABSTRACT Students with good family support feel more connected to their family and studies, increasing the probability of being more motivated to learn and tend to be more strategic at the time of learning. This study aimed to investigate the correlation among family support, learning strategies and motivation to learn and to verify whether family support includes the use of these psychoeducational variables. In this research, 352 students enrolled in Elementary School II of a public school participated. We used the Perception of Family Support Inventory - IPSF, Children’s Continuum Questionnaire and the Assessment Scale of Learning Strategies for Elementary School - EVAP-EF. The descriptive research method was adopted, with survey and correlational designs. The results indicated that students who receive family support tend to make more use of learning strategies and they are more motivated to learn.