Promoting Latinx adolescents’ math motivation through competence support: Culturally responsive practices in an afterschool program context

Early adolescence is an important period for students’ math motivational beliefs. This explanatory sequential mixed methods study examined middle school students’ experiences in a university-based math afterschool program serving predominantly underprivileged Latinx adolescents. First, utilizing quantitative pre- and post-survey data (N = 129), we found that the support adolescents received in the program for their competence needs positively...