Effect of motivational scaffolding on self-efficacy, procrastination, and learning achievement in students of different cognitive styles

This research analyzes the effects of motivational scaffolding on procrastination, learning achievement, and academic and online self-efficacy in students with differing cognitive styles in the dimension of field dependence-independence (FDI), that are learning mathematical content in m-learning env...

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Main Authors: Omar López-Vargas, Laura Garavito-Martínez, Nilson Valencia-Vallejo
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Language:English
Published: Hong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial Limited 2025-03-01
Series:Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
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Online Access:https://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/615
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description This research analyzes the effects of motivational scaffolding on procrastination, learning achievement, and academic and online self-efficacy in students with differing cognitive styles in the dimension of field dependence-independence (FDI), that are learning mathematical content in m-learning environments. This study involved 87 students from two seventh-grade classes from a public school in the municipality of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The research followed a quasi-experimental design. A group of students worked through an m-learning environment, which included within its structure a motivational scaffolding. Another group worked through an m-learning environment that did not include a scaffolding. All students were given the EFT masked figures test to classify them into field-dependent, intermediate and independent. A MANCOVA factor analysis was performed. The results indicate that scaffolding favored academic and online self-efficacy. It is possible to assert that field-dependent subjects are inclined to procrastinate and exhibit low levels of academic self-efficacy versus intermediate and field-independent peers. The data show that students with different cognitive styles achieved equivalent learning because of scaffolding in the m-learning environment. It was also concluded that both academic and online self-efficacy of field-dependent students may be favored by the interaction of scaffolding included in the m-learning environment and their cognitive style.
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spelling doaj-art-aa9430c3ad964b85a790969fdfdf48e52025-08-20T02:28:40ZengHong Kong Bao Long Accounting & Secretarial LimitedKnowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal2073-79042025-03-01171497010.34105/j.kmel.2025.17.002Effect of motivational scaffolding on self-efficacy, procrastination, and learning achievement in students of different cognitive stylesOmar López-Vargas0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-6854Laura Garavito-Martínez1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-8507Nilson Valencia-Vallejo2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-1350Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, ColombiaSecretaría de Educación de Cundinamarca, ColombiaUniversidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, ColombiaThis research analyzes the effects of motivational scaffolding on procrastination, learning achievement, and academic and online self-efficacy in students with differing cognitive styles in the dimension of field dependence-independence (FDI), that are learning mathematical content in m-learning environments. This study involved 87 students from two seventh-grade classes from a public school in the municipality of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The research followed a quasi-experimental design. A group of students worked through an m-learning environment, which included within its structure a motivational scaffolding. Another group worked through an m-learning environment that did not include a scaffolding. All students were given the EFT masked figures test to classify them into field-dependent, intermediate and independent. A MANCOVA factor analysis was performed. The results indicate that scaffolding favored academic and online self-efficacy. It is possible to assert that field-dependent subjects are inclined to procrastinate and exhibit low levels of academic self-efficacy versus intermediate and field-independent peers. The data show that students with different cognitive styles achieved equivalent learning because of scaffolding in the m-learning environment. It was also concluded that both academic and online self-efficacy of field-dependent students may be favored by the interaction of scaffolding included in the m-learning environment and their cognitive style.https://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/article/view/615scaffoldingprocrastinationself-efficacycognitive stylemobile learning
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Nilson Valencia-Vallejo
Effect of motivational scaffolding on self-efficacy, procrastination, and learning achievement in students of different cognitive styles
Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
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procrastination
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title Effect of motivational scaffolding on self-efficacy, procrastination, and learning achievement in students of different cognitive styles
title_full Effect of motivational scaffolding on self-efficacy, procrastination, and learning achievement in students of different cognitive styles
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title_short Effect of motivational scaffolding on self-efficacy, procrastination, and learning achievement in students of different cognitive styles
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