Article: Expanding a goal mediational model: the Korean elementary school math class. (On-going Topics).

Abstract

This study conceptualized students' motivational beliefs and learning strategies in elementary school math class by using a goal mediational model. The sample consisted of 178 fourth graders (boys = 95; girls = 83) from two Korean elementary schools. Structural equation modeling showed that a modified goal mediational model was applicable to Korean elementary school math class. Students' goal orientations directly influenced their learning strategies and mediated the effects given by motivational variables, such as math attitudes, effort, and competence beliefs. Students with learning goal orientation had positive math attitudes and believed that their ...

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