The role of inquiry-based self-efficacy, achievement goal orientation, and learning strategies on secondary-school students’ inquiry skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-392
Author(s):  
Burak Feyzioğlu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Inquiry Skills

scholarly journals Striving for Success but at What Cost? Subject-Specific Achievement Goal Orientation Profiles, Perceived Cost, and Academic Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heta Tuominen ◽  
Henriikka Juntunen ◽  
Markku Niemivirta
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientation ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Subject Specific

Most studies utilizing a person-oriented approach to investigating students’ achievement goal orientation profiles have been domain-general or focused on a single domain (usually mathematics), thus excluding the possibility of identifying distinct subject-specific motivational profiles. In this study, we looked into this by examining upper secondary school students’ subject-specific achievement goal orientation profiles simultaneously in mathematics and English. As distinct profiles might contribute to how students invest time and effort in studying, we also examined differences in perceived subject-specific cost (i.e., effort required, emotional cost, opportunity cost) among students with different profiles, and how this was linked with students’ more general academic well-being (i.e., school engagement, burnout). The 434 Finnish general upper secondary school students participating in the study were classified based on their achievement goal orientations in the two subjects using latent profile analysis, and the predictions of the latent profile on distal outcomes (i.e., measures of cost and academic well-being) were examined within the mixture model. Five divergent achievement goal orientation profiles were identified: indifferent (29%), success-oriented (26%), mastery-oriented (25%), English-oriented, math-avoidant (14%), and avoidance-oriented (6%). The English-oriented, math-avoidant students showed the most distinct domain-specificity in their profile but, in general, profiles indicated more cross-domain generality than specificity. Overall, mastery-oriented students showed the most adaptive academic well-being, while avoidance-oriented students were the least engaged. Success-oriented students were characterised by high multiple goals in both subjects, elevated costs, and high scores on both positive (engagement) and negative (burnout) well-being indicators. The English-oriented, math-avoidant students perceived studying math as costly. The findings suggest that addressing students’ achievement motivation in different subjects may be useful for recognising factors endangering or fostering student learning and well-being.

scholarly journals Predictive Power of Socio Economic Status for Achievement Goal Orientation of Secondary School Students in Punjab

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Mumtaz Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Achievement Goal Orientation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Socio Economic Status

This study aimed at finding the effect of socio economic status of students on their achievement goal orientation in the subject of mathematics at secondary level in Punjab. Population of the study was secondary school students and teachers in the province of Punjab. Multi stage random sampling technique was used for the selection of sample. Sample was consisted of 874 ninth grade students (428 female and 446 male) from nine Districts of Punjab by categorizing Districts according to its Human Development Index, into three categories. Four government schools, two girls and two boys, were selected for data collection.  Adapted questionnaire “Achievement Goal Orientation Questionnaire (AGOQ)” was used to get responses about achievement goal orientation of students. To assess the socio-economic status of students various demographic variables (i.e, father and mother' qualification and profession, monthly income, area of their houses and income per month etc.) were used. Regression analysis showed the predictive power of SES for achievement goal orientation of students at secondary level in Punjab. Findings were tabulated and recommendations were made on the basis of findings.

scholarly journals English Learning Strategies and Their Relation to Self-Efficacy, Attitude and Language competence among Female Secondary School Students in Buraidah

2019 ◽  
pp. 127-158
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
School Students

This study aimed to explore the profile of Language Learning Strategies used among female secondary school students learning English as a foreign language in Buraidah and the relation between English language leaning strategies and self-efficacy, attitude and language proficiency. The participants were (1924) female students’ secondary schools in Buraidah. The result indicated that the Participants use strategies at a moderate level (2.98), metacognitive strategies were the most frequently used among the six strategies followed by compensatory strategies, social strategies, memory strategies, cognitive strategies and affective strategies respectively. There is statistically significant positive correlation between total scores of strategies and total scores of English self-efficacy, attitude towards English, English language proficiency.

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