Educational study reveals how autonomy-supportive teaching fosters engagement in children and adolescents, highlighting that relevance outweighs mere choice provision.
The findings underscore the active and empathic nature of teachers' role in supporting students' autonomy, and suggest that autonomy-support is important not only for early adolescents but also for children. Discussion of potential determinants of the relative importance of various autonomy-affecting teacher actions suggests that provision of choice should not always be viewed as a major indicator of autonomy support.
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