The Moderation Role of Social and Emotional Learning on the Effect of School Engagement on Motivation

Abstract

Schools should be institutions that support the social, emotional and physical development of students as well as their academic development. For this reason, students' levels of school engagement significantly affect their academic, social and emotional development. In this study, it was aimed to examine the moderation effect of social and emotional learning relationship between school engagement and student motivation on adolescent. 303 adolescents [146 female (48.2%) and 157 male (51.8%)] were participated in the study. The School Engagement Scale, The Educational Motivation Scale, The Social and Emotional Learning Scale and the personal information form were used as data collection tools in the study. As a result of the research, when school engagement level increases, student motivation level also increases. The moderator effect of social and emotional learning on the relationships between school engagement and motivation was statistically significant. According to the results of the research, it was found that the relationship between school engagement and motivation was stronger in students with low social-emotional learning levels.