with the development of research on educational psychology and foreign language teaching and learning, one of the most controversial concepts in educational psychology might be the issues related to the students’ achievement goal orientations. regarding the goals that students adopt which might influence their academic success and failure, this study was undertaken to determine whether gender a...

introduction: one of the most important problems in student's education is academic failure. identifying factors that affecting academic achievement and pay attention to these factors is a stride toward success. students' academic achievement and related factors have priority in education research. this study aimed to determine the relationship between learning study strategies and ac...

background achievement in university education may be related to one’s emotional intelligent (ei) as well as his/her social skills and emotional control. therefore, it is also probable that the ei be associated with academic and occupational achievement in medical students. objectives the aim of this study was evaluation of the relation between ei and academic achievement of students working in...

the present study is an investigation into the relationship between iranian efl teachers’ degree of creativity and language learners’ academic achievement. to this end, six female english teachers and 81 male and female advanced english learners from a private language institute were asked to take part in the study. data were collected through torrance test of creative thinking (ttct) and stude...

Objectives This study applied self-determination theory (SDT) to investigate the relationship between students' autonomous motivation and tutors' autonomy support in medical students' academic achievement. Methods This was a cross-sectional study. Out of 204 students in a fundamental medical science course, 199 participated in the study. Data was collected using two questionnaires: the Learni...

A structural equation modelling analysis was used to test the mediating effect of achievement goal factors on the relationship between Egyptian adolescents’ perception of parental involvement and academic achievement. The perception of Parental Involvement Scale and Achievement Goal Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 255 first-year students (135 males and 120 females) enrolled in a h...

objectives: some studies have recognized factors that are effective on academic achievement. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship among personality factors, motivational strategies and achievement goals in predicting academic achievement of 2nd grade high school intellectually disabled students in tehran province. methods: in present correlation study, 200 intellectual...

locus of control is said to affect learners' academic achievement. this effect has scarcely been examined within general english context. this study is concerned with examining the differences in general english (ge) course achievement among university students of humanities, sciences, and engineering. it also explores the effect of locus of control (loc) in ge course achievement among these th...