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Relationship Between Learning Environment and Academic Achievement: Mediating Role of Academic Self-efficacy

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Past research has consistently revealed that students’ academic self-efficacy is strongly related to academic achievement. Furthermore, some researchers have suggested that academic self-efficacy is associated with learning environment constructs of involvement, teacher support, investigation and cooperation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of academic self-efficacy on mathematics achievement. Additionally, the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between students’ perception of the learning environment and academic achievement was examined. The learning environment was assessed with one scale (involvement) from What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire. The academic self-efficacy scale was based on the Morgan-Jinks Student Efficacy Scale (MJSES). The study analysed the data collected from 352 mathematics students attending three colleges in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, using structural equation modelling to validate the questionnaires and to investigate the hypothesized relationships. The mediating effect of academic self-efficacy on the relationship between involvement and mathematics achievement was examined. The results of this study indicated that students’ academic self-efficacy could play a mediating role in the relationship between students’ involvement and mathematics achievement. In addition, involvement was an influential predictor of academic self-efficacy.

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Afari, E., Eksail, F.A.A. (2022). Relationship Between Learning Environment and Academic Achievement: Mediating Role of Academic Self-efficacy. In: Khine, M.S., Nielsen, T. (eds) Academic Self-efficacy in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8240-7_11

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