The Relationship between Cognitive Self-regulated Learning Strategies and Biology Achievement: A Path Model

A cultural heuristic approach to the study of Jamaican undergraduate students' achievement motivation

“…The finding that Jamaican students’ self‐system beliefs (e.g., self‐esteem, self‐concept, self‐confidence, and self‐efficacy) are a determinant of academic motivation and learning also converges with the existing literature. Evidences accumulated from studies from various countries including Turkey (Isiksal, ; Sadi & Uyar, ), Israel (Abu‐Saad, ), Italy (Zanobini & Usai, ), Norway (Skaalvik & Valas, ), South Africa (van dan Berg & Coetzee, ), Pakistan (Awan, Noureen, & Naz, ), and Australia (Green, Nelson, Martin, & Marsh, ; McInerney, ) have documented the critical role of students’ self‐system beliefs in impacting academic‐related behaviours such as persistence, effort, cognitive strategy use, and achievement. For example, Watkins () conducted a meta‐analysis consisting of approximately 8,000 subjects from eight Western and non‐Western countries and concluded that the results are consistent with the theoretical position that a positive sense of self fosters positive academic‐related behaviours across a variety of cultures.…”

The Effects of Learning-Style Based Activities on Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills and Self-Efficacy Perceptions in English Foreign Language Classes

“…Also, in a study performed by Bandura, Barbaranelli, Caprara, and Pastorelli (1996), it was reported that self-efficacy beliefs and aspirations contribute to academic achievement. In many other studies the relationship between self-efficacy and academic achievement is emphasized and the positive effects of self-efficacy on learning and performance have also been observed (Alivernini & Lucidi, 2011;Arslan, 2012;Margolis & McCabe, 2004;Pajares, 2002;Pintrich & De Groot, 1990;Sadi & Uyar, 2013;Schunk & Pajares, 2001). In addition, this finding is in accordance with researchers' opinions who suggest that self-efficacy has a positive effect on learning and achievement (Akiba & Alkins, 2010;Hazır Bıkmaz, 2006;Mills et al, 2007;Zimmerman, 1995).…”

The Entrepreneurial Education and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention

“…Under the appeal of "doing business creatively and driving innovation" and "optimizing employment and entrepreneurial environment, practicing constant employment and entrepreneurial service, and enhancing undergraduates' employment and entrepreneurship proportion" by Chinese government senior officials, colleges and universities in China actively innovate the entrepreneurial education model and provide entrepreneurial courses and training service for undergraduates through entrepreneurial class, entrepreneurial contest, and entrepreneurial sand table, expecting to enhance undergraduates' entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial success rate [1][2].…”