Horeye Bayramnejad; Yahya Yarahmadi; Hamzeh Ahmadian; Maryam Akbari
Abstract
The purpose of this study was developing a school satisfaction model based on perception of classroom environment and perception of teacher support mediated by academic buoyancy and academic engagement in the students of second cycle of high schools in Naghadeh city through multi-stage cluster sampling ...
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The purpose of this study was developing a school satisfaction model based on perception of classroom environment and perception of teacher support mediated by academic buoyancy and academic engagement in the students of second cycle of high schools in Naghadeh city through multi-stage cluster sampling method.The data were analyzed by statistical methods including correlation and structural equations model using SPSS and Amos. Questionnaires of Anderson and Brooke's school satisfaction, perception of classroom environment's Gentry et al., perception of teacher support's Lent et al., Martin and Marsh's academic buoyancy, and Reeve's academic engagement were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed by statistical methods including correlation and structural equations model with SPSS and Amos. Findings showed that academic buoyancy and academic engagement have a direct and significant effect on school satisfaction; while there was a direct, an indirect and a significant effect of the perception of teacher support and the perception of the classroom environment on school satisfaction through academic buoyancy and academic engagement. The results of this investigation showed that in general, the perception of the teacher support and the perception of the classroom environment could be a good predictor of student's school satisfaction through their academic buoyancy and academic engagement