Research Article

A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students

Volume: 6 Number: 3 October 30, 2017
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A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the predictive effects of academic intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy factors within the personal factors on the academic achievement of secondary school students. A total of 254 students, 53.9% female and 46.1% male, participated in the research. The sample of the research was formed by two randomly chosen high schools, one of Anatolian High School and one of Vocational High School, including 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades of two classes, in Izmir province. The research was carried out in the correlational research within the context of the descriptive research methods. Personal information form, academic intrinsic motivation scale and general self-efficacy scale were used as data collection tools. The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between the academic achievement and the sub-factors of the academic intrinsic motivation and the general self-efficacy. Multiple linear regression analysis was conveyed to determine to what extent the sub-factors of the academic intrinsic motivation and the general self-efficacy explained the variance of the students' academic achievement. The results revealed that the personal factors that predict the academic achievement of the students are in the order of initiation, fear of failure, social acceptance, insistence-effort and need for achievement. It was also found that all sub-factors explained 56% of the variance in academic achievement of secondary school students.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Melis Arzu Uyulgan
DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Nalan Akkuzu
DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 30, 2017

Submission Date

October 2, 2017

Acceptance Date

October 7, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Uyulgan, M. A., & Akkuzu, N. (2017). A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 6(3), 1211-1226. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.341344
AMA
1.Uyulgan MA, Akkuzu N. A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students. BUEFAD. 2017;6(3):1211-1226. doi:10.14686/buefad.341344
Chicago
Uyulgan, Melis Arzu, and Nalan Akkuzu. 2017. “A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 6 (3): 1211-26. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.341344.
EndNote
Uyulgan MA, Akkuzu N (October 1, 2017) A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 6 3 1211–1226.
IEEE
[1]M. A. Uyulgan and N. Akkuzu, “A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students”, BUEFAD, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1211–1226, Oct. 2017, doi: 10.14686/buefad.341344.
ISNAD
Uyulgan, Melis Arzu - Akkuzu, Nalan. “A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 6/3 (October 1, 2017): 1211-1226. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.341344.
JAMA
1.Uyulgan MA, Akkuzu N. A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students. BUEFAD. 2017;6:1211–1226.
MLA
Uyulgan, Melis Arzu, and Nalan Akkuzu. “A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, vol. 6, no. 3, Oct. 2017, pp. 1211-26, doi:10.14686/buefad.341344.
Vancouver
1.Melis Arzu Uyulgan, Nalan Akkuzu. A Research on Personal Factors Predicting Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students. BUEFAD. 2017 Oct. 1;6(3):1211-26. doi:10.14686/buefad.341344

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