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Influences of Motivational Climate, Achievement Goals, and Learning Strategies on Science Achievement

동기적 학습 환경, 성취 목적, 학습 전략이 과학 성취도에 미치는 영향

  • Published : 2006.04.30
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Abstract

This study examined how motivational climate, achievement goals, and learning strategies jointly contributed to science achievement through path analysis of 260 middle school students. The results showed that only deep learning strategy had a significant direct effect on science achievement. The promotion of learning by science teachers and the pursuit of progress by peers had the mediational pathways linking task goal and deep learning strategy on science achievement. The pursuit of progress and the promotion of the comparison by peers influenced science achievement via deep learning strategy. The promotion of the comparison by peers also influenced deep learning strategy via performance-goal, which in turn influenced science achievement. These results indicated that the learning strategies had a direct effect and motivational climate or achievement goals had an indirect effect on science achievement. Our findings lead us to expect that the effective instructional method to improve students' science achievement is the one that impact both cognitive and motivational functioning.

본 연구는 260명의 중학생을 대상으로 과학 성취도와 동기적 학습 환경, 성취 목적, 학습 전략 사이의 영향을 경로분석을 통해 조사하였다. 분석 결과, 심층적 학습 전략만이 과학 성취도에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 과학 교사에 의한 학습 장려와 동료 학생들의 자기 발전 추구는 과제 지향 목적에 영향을 미치고, 이는 심층적 학습 전략을 거쳐 과학 성취도에 긍정적 영향을 미쳤다. 동료 학생들의 자기발전 추구와 상대적 비교 추구는 심층적 학습 전략을 경유하여 과학 성취도에 영향을 주기도 하였다. 또한 동료 학생에 의한 상대적 비교 추구는 수행 지향 목적에 영향을 주고 이는 심층적 학습 전략을 거쳐 과학 성취도에 영향을 주었다. 이는 과학 성취도가 학습 전략과는 직접적 경로를 가지고 있으며, 동기적 학습 환경이나 성취 목적과는 간접적 경로를 가지고 있음을 보여준다. 본 연구 결과는 인지적 요인뿐만 아니라 동기적 요인에도 관심을 기울이는 것이 과학 성취도를 향상시키는 데에 효과적이라는 점을 시사한다.

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