ERIC Number: EJ1364043
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Publication Date: 2022
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Students' Perceptions of Learning Environment: Associations with Personal Mastery Goal Orientations, Regulations, and Academic Performance in Biology
Soltani, Asghar; Boka, Raziyeh-Sadat; Jafarzadeh, Azam
International Journal of Science Education, v44 n9 p1462-1480 2022
Previous research has reported the importance of students' perceptions of learning environment in their affective outcomes, motivational regulations, and performance. In this study, we investigated the predictive effects of students' perceptions of biology classroom learning environment on their mastery goals orientation, motivational regulations, and performance in biology. A total of 329 Iranian high school students completed questionnaires on perceptions of biology classroom learning environment, personal mastery goal orientation, and, intrinsic and extrinsic regulations in learning biology. The results revealed that perceived meaningfulness predicted personal mastery goals orientation moderately and positively. Perceived autonomy had significant and positive influences on intrinsic and extrinsic regulations. The results also showed that students' perceived meaningfulness and intrinsic regulation were slightly and positively correlated. Personal mastery goals orientation was moderately and positively correlated with students' intrinsic and extrinsic regulations. Moreover, the results indicated that perceived competition, perceived meaningfulness, personal mastery goals orientation, and extrinsic regulation positively affected students' performance in biology. The findings also underscore the central mediating role of students' personal mastery goals orientation in the relationship between perceptions of learning environment and their regulations in biology learning. The results support many of the hypothesized relationships and provide broader clarification and implications for the literature.
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Biology, Science Instruction, Mastery Learning, Prediction, Learning Motivation, High School Students, Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement, Educational Environment, Metacognition, Factor Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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