The Mediating Role of Learning Strategy in the Relationship between Achievement Goals and Academic Achievement

Abstract

The study examined the mediating role of learning strategies in the relationship between achievement goals and academic achievement. The study sample consisted of 597 students selected from 13 schools using purposive, stratified, proportionate and simple random sampling procedures. The study adopted a correlational research design to establish mediation of learning strategy in the relationships between achievement goals on academic achievement. Students’ achievement goals and learning strategy scales were adapted to measure achievement goals and learning strategies. Results of the study showed that there was a partial mediation of deep learning in the relationship between mastery goals and academic achievement. Partial mediation of surface learning strategy was equally reported, in the relationship between performance-approach goals and academic achievement.

Relationship Between Goal Setting and Performance of City Public Primary Schools in Kenya

“…The implication of the above results was that the dependent variable, school performance had been positively and significantly influenced by goal setting practice and was bound to improve when goal setting was intensified in schools. The significant effect of goal setting on school performance could also be explained by the findings of Ng'ang'a and Mwaura (2018), Obura et al (2019), Odindo et al (2020) who observed that students who set performance goals improved in their academic performance.…”

“…Ng 'ang'a et al (2018), Obura et al (2019), Odindo et al (2020) have considered goal setting practice in relation to either teachers or pupils but there is limited literature on the impact of head teachers' goal setting practice on performance of public primary schools. This study sought to address this gap by examining the relationship between goal setting practice as employed by head teachers and its influence on performance of city public primary schools in Kenya.…”