caa a22 4500 445326948 CHVBK 20180317142724.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11162-011-9221-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11162-011-9221-8 Cohorts and Relatedness: Self-Determination Theory as an Explanation of How Learning Communities Affect Educational Outcomes [Elektronische Daten] [Martine Beachboard, John Beachboard, Wenling Li, Stephen Adkison] This study examines whether feelings of relatedness constitute a substantial means by which learning communities (cohorts) improve learning outcomes in higher education. It applies Ryan and Deci's Self-Determination Theory to an analysis of the National Survey of Student Engagement. The SDT hypothesizes that environments that support perceptions of social relatedness improve motivation, thereby positively influencing learning behavior. The authors propose that participation in cohort programs constitutes such an environment. Measuring student perceptions of the contributions of their institutions, the study found increased relatedness to peers and faculty and increased higher order thinking assignments (a control variable included in the research model) to be substantial predictors of educational outcomes relevant to literacy, critical thinking, and, especially, job preparation. The researchers suggest that institutions will want to ensure that their learning community designs enhance student feelings of relatedness. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Self-Determination Theory nationallicence National Survey of Student Engagement nationallicence NSSE nationallicence Relatedness nationallicence Cohorts nationallicence Learning communities nationallicence Beachboard Martine Department of Mass Communication, Idaho State University, Campus Stop 8242, 921 S. 8th Ave, 83209, Pocatello, ID, USA aut Beachboard John Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Business, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA aut Li Wenling College of Education, Trident University International, Cypress, CA, USA aut Adkison Stephen Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, USA aut Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/8(2011-12-01), 853-874 0361-0365 52:8<853 2011 52 11162 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-011-9221-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-011-9221-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beachboard Martine Department of Mass Communication, Idaho State University, Campus Stop 8242, 921 S. 8th Ave, 83209, Pocatello, ID, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beachboard John Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Business, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Wenling College of Education, Trident University International, Cypress, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adkison Stephen Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/8(2011-12-01), 853-874 0361-0365 52:8<853 2011 52 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer