A recurring paradox in the contemporary K-12 classroom is that, although students
educationally and developmentally benefit when teachers support their autonomy, teachers …

The authors examined motivating style in terms of a teacher's disposition to control students
or support their autonomy. In Study 1, 4 independent samples of preservice teachers …

Carefully designed interventions consistently help K-12 teachers learn how to implement a
more autonomy-supportive classroom motivating style. In the present study, we investigated …

We investigated the role of three beliefs in predicting teachers' motivating style toward
students—namely, how effective, how normative, and how easy-to-implement autonomy …

Findings from several studies suggest that teachers who embrace an autonomy-supportive
style vis-à-vis their students promote student motivation. However, the question of what …

Abstract Guided by Self-Determination Theory, we offer an integrative and fine-grained
analysis of teachers' classroom motivating style (ie, autonomy support, structure, control, and …

Purpose Our ongoing program of research works with teachers to help them become more
autonomy supportive during instruction and hence more able to promote students' …

Teachers with an autonomy-supportive style rely on different instructional behaviors to
motivate their students than do teachers with a controlling style. In the present investigation …

We sought to identify teachers' personality-based antecedents that tend them toward an
autonomy-supportive or controlling motivating style. We assessed both aspects of teachers' …

Students are sometimes proactive and engaged in classroom learning activities, but they are
also sometimes only reactive and passive. Recognizing this, in this article I argue that …