Perceived task value

Overview

• Influence: Perceived task value
• Domain: Student Learning Strategies
• Sub-Domain: Learning strategies
• Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
• Influence Definition: A student's perception of the relative usefulness of a particular academic task. The student's perception that a particular task has value shapes his or her willingness to seek help, to exert effort, and to manage his or her own feelings of anxiety. Eccles and colleagues contend that subjective task value is a function of four components: interest (the enjoyment one gets from engaging in the task); utility value (the instrumental value of the task or activity for helping to fulfill another short- or long-range goal); attainment value (the link between the task and one's sense of self and either personal or social identity); and cost (what may be given up by making a specific choice or the negative experiences associated with each possible choice). This idea is closely related to the clarity and value of learning intentions and success criteria provided by the teacher.

Evidence

• Number of meta-analyses: 1
• Number of studies: 6
• Number of students: 0
• Number of effects: 6
• Weighted mean effect size: 0.46
• Robustness index: 1