Document Type : Research Article
Authors
1 Master of Educational Psychology
2 Faculty member, Faculty of Education, Science and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the simple and multiple relationships of important antecedents of mastery goal orientation and its relationship with academic performance of first grade boy students at Ahvaz high schools. In this study, positive self- esteem, social responsibility goal, school belonging, positive attitudes toward education, perceptions of teacher’s and parent’s mastery goals were considered as antecedental variables and mastery goal orientations as the criterion variable. Also, mastery goal orientation is considered as the independent variable and academic performance as the dependent variable. The research sample consisted of 360 first grade boy students studying at Altvaz high schools in the academic year of 2000-2001. The sample was selected by a random multistage sampling method. The measurement of variables was done by some of the scales of the patterns of adaptive learning scales, and some other scales. The results of this research indicate that there are significant positive relationships between all antecedent variables and mastery goal orientation. There was also a multiple correlation between all antecedent variables and mastery goal orientation. Also, mastery goal orientation had a significant positive relationship with academic performance.
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