Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

The Study of Effective of Academic Self-Efficacy and Meta-Cognitive Skills on Academic Achievement of Agricultural Students of Saravan Institute of Higher Education

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Abdolmotalleb Rezaei 1
khodadad raisi 2
sara jalilian 3
1 Assistant Professor, Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
2 M.Sc. Student in Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3 Ph.D. student extension and education agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
10.22059/ijaedr.2018.237405.668455
Abstract
One of the basic issues of educational life of individuals and the education system of countries is academic failure and the slow and uneven progress of academic achievement among students. Generally, academic achievement as a dependent variable is not affected by only one factor, but there are several factors such as cognitive and meta-cognitive skills that could affect it. In this study, we used structural equation modeling to investigate the effect of meta-cognitive skills and Academic self-efficacy on academic achievement of students. We provided a questionnaire consists of subscales of meta-cognitive skills, educational self-efficacy and achievement using Morgan table and the stratified sampling method with proportional allocation of 120 agricultural students of Saravan Institute of higher education to be answered. Results showed that there is a significant and a direct relationship between the meta-cognitive skills and academic self-efficacy. Academic self-efficacy also has a direct and significant effect on educational achievement of students, but meta-cognitive skills affect Academic achievement in an indirectly. In the following, we discussed the results and presented a few suggestions for improving meta-cognitive skills and academic self-efficacy of students.
Keywords
academic achievement
cognitive skills
academic self-efficacy
Agricultural Students
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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 49, Issue 4
Autumn 2018
Pages 749-764