Motivation and Evaluation in Education from the Sustainability Perspective: A Review of the Scientific Literature

José Sánchez-Santamaría, Brenda Imelda Boroel-Cervantes, Fátima-María López-Garrido and David Hortigüela-Alcalá
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José Sánchez-Santamaría: Department of Pedagogy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Brenda Imelda Boroel-Cervantes: Faculty-of-Administrative-and-Social-Sciences, University Autonomous of Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Mexico
Fátima-María López-Garrido: Department of Pedagogy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
David Hortigüela-Alcalá: Department of Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: (1) Background: This paper outlines the results of a literature review of meta-analyses published on motivation and evaluation in the last five years. (2) Methods: A systematic review of three educational databases (WoS, SCOPUS and ERIC) was conducted following the PRISMA and PICO approaches. A total of 54 peer-reviewed meta-analysis papers were selected, analysed and compared. (3) Results: A significant number and variety of meta-analyses have been conducted: motivation meta-analyses focus primarily on contextual variables, self-regulation and students’ academic performance, and evaluation meta-analyses examine the effectiveness of the teaching intervention, the use of teaching methodologies and technological resources for learning. (4) Conclusions: There are two important absences: on the one hand, it is necessary to develop meta-analyses that combine motivation and evaluation, also measuring their interaction, from the perspective of sustainability, and not only of educational improvement, and on the other hand, it is necessary to perform meta-analyses on the effectiveness of the formative and shared evaluation of the sustainability of learning processes.

Keywords: motivation; evaluation; learning; meta-analysis; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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