Goals, Efficacy and Metacognitive Self-Regulation A Path Analysis

By Ibrahim S. Al-Harthy, Christopher A. Was, R. M. Isaacson. 2010

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The purpose of this study was to illustrate the relationship between self-efficacy, task value, goal orientations, metacognitive self-regulation, self-regulation and learning strategies and to investigate the unique contribution of each on the variability in students’ total scores of 12 exams. Our study revealed that students’ self-efficacy, task-value, self-regulation, and elaboration are significantly positively correlated with total scores. Path analysis demonstrated that self-efficacy was the strongest predictor of total score and positively predicted mastery goals, but negatively predicted avoidant goals. The study reveals positive direct effect of mastery goals on metacognitive self-regulation. In addition, positive direct effects of metacognitive self-regulation on deep learning strategies and on self-regulatory strategies are found. However, some expected direct effects were not represented with significant parameters in the model. Performance-approach goals were not a significant predictor of other variables in the model. Also, there were no significant direct effects of mastery goals nor metacognitive self-regulation and deep learning strategies on total scores which were discussed here.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. I. Dermitzaki
2. M. Chatzistamatiou
3. A. Leondari
4. Aryn C. Karpinski
5. A. Efklides
6. Adar Ben-Eliyahu
7. Ernesto Panadero
8. I. Clark

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. M. Chatzistamatiou
2. A. Leondari
3. I. Dermitzaki
4. A. Efklides

In Social Psychology

1. I. Dermitzaki
2. M. Chatzistamatiou
3. A. Leondari
4. A. Efklides
5. Adar Ben-Eliyahu
6. I. Clark
7. Carlo P. Magno
8. G. Özsoy

Citations in the corpus

• The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students (2015, background): “For example, self-efficacy proved to be the strongest predictor of college student’s academic performance in a model including task value, goal orientations, metacognitive selfregulation, self-regulation, and learning strategies (Al-Harthy & Was, 2010).”
• Motivational and affective determinants of self-regulatory strategy use in elementary school mathematics (2015, background): “Other studies also show that students’ metacognitive strategy use, such as planning, monitoring and regulatory strategies, was associated with mastery goal orientation (Al-Harthy & Was, 2010; Vrugt & Oort, 2008; Wolters, 2004).”