Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy
This study investigates the impact and mechanisms of achievement goal orientation on online learning engagement among undergraduates, using a sample of 461 students enrolled in online courses from four universities of varying levels in Shanghai, China. Self-efficacy is introduced as a mediating vari...
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| description | This study investigates the impact and mechanisms of achievement goal orientation on online learning engagement among undergraduates, using a sample of 461 students enrolled in online courses from four universities of varying levels in Shanghai, China. Self-efficacy is introduced as a mediating variable, and structural equation modeling is employed to assess the effects. The findings reveal that different types of achievement goals have varying natures and intensities in their associations with undergraduate online learning engagement. Self-efficacy partially mediates the effect of mastery-approach goals on online learning engagement, but does not mediate the effects of mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, or performance-avoidance goals. The study recommends leveraging the guiding role of mastery-approach achievement goals to help students set scientific and reasonable goals, and stimulating students’ self-efficacy through the dual influences of external support and internal motivation. With the support of these strategies, significant improvements in undergraduate online learning engagement can be achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f51290158f804aa6b39604ab85ce96be2025-01-24T13:22:42ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-01-011513910.3390/bs15010039Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-EfficacyTingzhi Han0Guoxing Xu1Wenli Lu2School of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, ChinaInstitute of Higher Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaZhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaThis study investigates the impact and mechanisms of achievement goal orientation on online learning engagement among undergraduates, using a sample of 461 students enrolled in online courses from four universities of varying levels in Shanghai, China. Self-efficacy is introduced as a mediating variable, and structural equation modeling is employed to assess the effects. The findings reveal that different types of achievement goals have varying natures and intensities in their associations with undergraduate online learning engagement. Self-efficacy partially mediates the effect of mastery-approach goals on online learning engagement, but does not mediate the effects of mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, or performance-avoidance goals. The study recommends leveraging the guiding role of mastery-approach achievement goals to help students set scientific and reasonable goals, and stimulating students’ self-efficacy through the dual influences of external support and internal motivation. With the support of these strategies, significant improvements in undergraduate online learning engagement can be achieved.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/1/39achievement goal orientationonline learning engagementself-efficacymediating effects |
| spellingShingle | Tingzhi Han Guoxing Xu Wenli Lu Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy Behavioral Sciences achievement goal orientation online learning engagement self-efficacy mediating effects |
| title | Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy |
| title_full | Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy |
| title_fullStr | Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy |
| title_short | Examining the Effects of Different Types of Achievement Goal Orientation on Undergraduate Students’ Engagement in Distance Learning: The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy |
| title_sort | examining the effects of different types of achievement goal orientation on undergraduate students engagement in distance learning the mediating effect of self efficacy |
| topic | achievement goal orientation online learning engagement self-efficacy mediating effects |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/1/39 |
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