ERIC Number: EJ1308456
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Seventh Graders' Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations as Predictors of Their Achievement in Social Studies
International Journal of Progressive Education, v17 n3 p361-380 2021
It is aimed to examine the relationships among seventh-graders' achievement goal orientations and learning strategies and achievement in Social Studies. In this quantitative study with a correlational design, the data were collected from 440 seventh-grade students studying in nine public middle schools selected by convenience sampling. As data collection tools, Learning Strategies for Social Studies Scale (Didin & Kasapoglu, 2017), Social Studies-Oriented Achievement Goals Scale (Gezer & Sahin, 2016) and Personal Information Form were used. Seventh-graders' achievement in Social Studies was determined based on end-of-term grades. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis depicted that seventh-graders' learning strategies for Social Studies positively predicted their achievement in Social Studies, after controlling for gender. After adjustment for both their gender and learning strategies for Social Studies, the task-approach as one of the Social Studies-oriented achievement goals positively predicted their achievement in Social Studies.
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle School Students, Learning Strategies, Achievement Need, Academic Achievement, Social Studies, Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, Public Schools, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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