saeid mazlomian; ahmad rastegar; mohammad hasan seif; reza ghorban jahromi
Volume 1, Issue 4 , April 2014, , Pages 42-54
Abstract
The present study aimed at investigating the mediating role of motivational beliefs (i.e., task value, academic self-efficacy, and achievement goals) and cognitive engagement in the relationship between previous and current academic achievement. To do so, 473 (305 female and 168 male) undergraduate ...
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The present study aimed at investigating the mediating role of motivational beliefs (i.e., task value, academic self-efficacy, and achievement goals) and cognitive engagement in the relationship between previous and current academic achievement. To do so, 473 (305 female and 168 male) undergraduate students from Fars Province Payame Noor University were chosen through multi-stage cluster sampling and completed a self-report questionnaire consisted of task value, academic self-efficacy, achievement goals, and learning strategies. The students' final academic GPA was used as indicator of current academic achievement and their GPA in the last semester was used as indicator of previous academic achievement. The results generally indicated that task value, academic self-efficacy, and achiev-ement goals have indirect effect on mathematics achievement through the mediatory role of superficial and deep learning strategies. Moreover, students’ previous academic achievement had both direct and indirect effect on mathematics achievement. In discussion and result sector , we will talk about findings in more detail.
