Interrelationship Among Students’ Level of Expectancy, TaskValue,and Engagement in Learning Organic Chemistry

Abstract

Student expectancy, task value, and engagement contribute significantly to behavioral and cognitive achievement. These variables encourage students to commit to learning by requiring them to question their ideas and evaluate and integrate new perspectives. Therefore, the major aspiration of the study is to examine and investigate the acquisition of students’ expectancy, task value, and engagement in learning organic chemistry and the interrelationship that circulates among them.The study utilized a quantitative correlational research design. They were conductedonninety (n=90) first- and second-year BSED General Science students enrolled in Organic Chemistry. Results revealed that student’s level of expectancy was “moderately high,” indicating that the students are proficient in learning, internally focused, perform better academically, and have a moderate ability to delay gratification. Likewise, task value and engagement were also “high,” implying that students understand how interesting learning about a topic is, how important it is to them to perform well in a topic, how useful it is to their future, and how difficult and time-consuming learning that they pay close attention and go out of their way to engage in the class, respectively.In general, Expectancy, Task-Value, and Engagement in Learning Organic Chemistry show a positive correlation. Proving that regardless of how difficult, complex, or abstract Organic Chemistry subject is, if students have high expectations for it, they are more likely to be interested in it, feel motivated to learn, exert maximum effort and value in the task, and be more engaged in various learning tasks and activities it provides.Subsequently, it is pivotal that teachers implement innovative teaching techniques that supportstudents’ expectancy, task value, and engagement to analyze, evaluate, resolve, and create solutions to problems or be equipped with authentic skills.