A Study of the Relationship between Self-efficacy and Learning Engagement of Junior High School Students in Changhua County: The Mediating Effect of Kiasu

• Main Authors: Chan, Chien-Hui, 詹千慧
• Other Authors: Wang, Chih-Hung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/cz3pug

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 教育研究所 === 108 === Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the research on self-efficacy and learning engagement of junior high school students in Changhua County, and to explore the mediator effect of Kiasu. Questionnaire survey was adopted as the research emthod. A total of 855 students were seleted to participate in the study. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson product-moment correlation were applied to analyze the data. The results of this study are as follows: 1. The performance of junior high school students’ self-efficacy and learning engagement were middle degree; Kiasu was middle to low. 2. Self-efficacy of junior school students in different grades was the seventh grade higher than the ninth grade; learning engagement were also the seventh grade higher than the ninth grade; Kiasu was the ninth grade higher than the seventh and eighth grades. 3. Self-efficacy of junior school students in different genders in Changhua County was not different due to gender; male students’ motivation and emotional input were higher than female students’; female students’ behavioral input and cognitive input were higher than male students’; male students’ Kiasu were higher than female students’. 4. Self-efficacy and learning engagement of junior school students in Changhua County with cram classes were significantly different, but there was no significant difference in Kiasu performance. 5. There was a significant correlation between self-efficacy, learning engagement and Kiasu of junior school students in Changhua County. 6. Kiasu of junior high school students in Changhua County is predictive in learning engagement. 7. Self-efficacy of junior high school students in Changhua County is predictive in learning engagement. 8. Between self-efficacy and learning engagement, Kiasu has only mediator effect in agentic engagement The suggestions of the findings were made for educational administrators, school administrators, junior high school teachers and future researchers. Keywords: self-efficacy, learning engagement, Kiasu