The relationship between cognitive self-efficacy and cognitive learning style with academic achievement motivation in secondary school students in Kerman

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between creative self-efficacy and cognitive learning style with academic achievement motivation in second grade high school students in Kerman. The statistical population is all students in the second grade secondary school of Kerman, who study in the academic year of 1963-96. 150 samples were selected using cluster sampling. This research was descriptive-correlational and survey method. Data were collected using the Creative Self-efficacy Scale (CSES), the Hidden Image Collection Test (GEFT), and the Hermann's Motivation Exercise Test (AMT). Data analysis was performed using multiple regression analysis and SPSS software. Findings of the research showed that the creative self-efficacy variable of 0.20% of the variability of the variable predicted the academic achievement motivation. Also, the cognitive style variable of variable 142/0 predicts the variable of motivation for academic achievement. As a result, there is a relationship between creative self-efficacy and cognitive style with the motivation for academic achievement. Creative self-efficacy and cognitive learning styles are the best predictors for the variable of academic achievement motivation.

Keywords

• self-efficacy
• learning style
• motivation for academic achievement