ERIC Number: EJ1338093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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ISSN: EISSN-2154-6282
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Factors Affecting the General Academic Achievement of University Students: Gender, Study Hours, Academic Motivation, Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning
Çetin, Baris
i.e.: inquiry in education, v13 n2 Article 12 2021
This study aimed to determine the effects of university students' gender, weekly study hours, academic motivation, metacognition, and self-regulated learning levels on their overall academic achievement and to examine whether academic motivation, metacognition and self-regulated learning total scores predicted their GPAs. This study utilized a survey and prediction research design to analyze the research questions posed. The participants of the study consisted of 86 undergraduate students attending various programs of a university in Western Canada. The research data were collected using the "Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI)" developed by Schraw and Dennison (1994), the "Survey of Academic Self-Regulation (SASR)" developed by Andrade and Dugan (2011), the "Academic Motivation Scale (AMS-C 28) College Version" developed by Vallerand, Pelletier, Blais, Brière, Senécal and Vallières (1992), and the "demographic form". A significant relationship between the university students' self-regulated learning, metacognition and academic motivation scores, and their grade point averages (GPAs) was found. It was also determined that the total scores related to the university students' self-regulated learning, metacognition and academic motivation significantly predicted their GPAs, and that the gender and weekly study hours of the university students did not have a significant effect on their self-regulated learning, metacognition, academic motivation and academic GPA.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Study Habits, Time, Student Motivation, Metacognition, Self Management, Predictor Variables, Grade Point Average, Measures (Individuals), Learning Motivation, Self Determination
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Academic Motivation Scale
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