Structural relationship among growth mind, self-regulation, grit, and intention of athletic participation in elementary school students

Author(s):  
In-Soo Kim
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-624
Author(s):  
Oktay Kızkapan ◽  
Oktay Bektaş ◽  
Aslı Saylan

The purpose of this study is to determine elementary school students’ level of self-regulation skills—goal setting and to develop strategies to achieve these goals. Survey method is used in the study with the participants of 368 students. The study was conducted at two elementary schools in Incesu and Kocasinan provinces of Kayseri and students filled a five-item Likert type scale. Data were analysed using statistical analysis program and 0.05 significance level was accepted. The result shows that the average grade of girls was higher than the boys, the average of 5th grades was higher than 6th grades and the average of the school in the city centre was higher than the school in the rural area. Also, there was a significant difference between the self-regulation scores of the grade levels in the favour of 5th grades. Lastly, the self-regulation score of the students living in city centre was higher than that of students living in village.   Keywords: Self-regulation, elementary education, survey research, elementary students


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