Early adolescents motivation and engagement in learning and impact of school-related conditions in low socio-economic districts in Sri Lanka: A mixed methods study

Collected quantitative data from 220 students in Kalutara, Colombo, NuwaraEliya, and Monaragala districts in Sri Lanka using a survey. And conducted interviews with 24 students, 12 teachers and 12 principals and collected qualitative data. Those data were used to reveal the motivation and engagement levels, differences among gender and ethnicity, school-related conditions, and motivational strategies taken by the schools to examine early adolescents’ motivation and engagement in learning and impact of school-related conditions in low socio-economic districts in Sri Lanka.

本研究通过问卷调查，从斯里兰卡卡卢特勒（Kalutara）、科伦坡（Colombo）、努沃勒埃利耶（NuwaraEliya）与莫讷勒格勒（Monaragala）地区的220名学生处收集定量数据；同时对24名学生、12名教师及12名校长开展访谈，采集定性数据。上述两类数据被用于揭示青少年早期的学习动机与投入水平、性别及族群间的差异、学校相关环境条件，以及各学校采取的激励策略，以探析斯里兰卡低社会经济地位地区中，学校相关环境条件对青少年早期学习动机与学习投入的影响。