International Journal of STEM Education

Table 1 Correlation among the variables

From: Competence and autonomous motivation as motivational predictors of college students’ mathematics achievement: from the perspective of self-determination theory

	Autonomy	Competence	Relatedness	Autonomous	Controlled	Amotivation	SKE	Final Grade	PKT
Autonomy	1
Competence	0.71**	1
Relatedness	0.53**	0.51**	1
Autonomous	0.54**	0.60**	0.41**	1
Controlled	− 0.13**	− 0.17**	− 0.02	0.14**	1
Amotivation	− 0.37**	− 0.56**	− 0.22**	− 0.17**	0.38**	1
SKE	0.13**	0.18**	0.05*	0.13**	0.00	− 0.08**	1
Final grade	0.35**	0.48**	0.16**	0.33**	− 0.03*	− 0.32**	0.32**	1
PKT	0.54**	0.61**	0.38**	0.77**	0.05**	− 0.25**	0.15**	0.34**	1

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). SKE stands for standardized knowledge exam while PKT refers to perceived knowledge transferability

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