The Role of Self-determination on Academic Performance in Adolescent students with Mediating Academic Engagement and Attitude toward E-learning

Academic performance in each society indicates the success of the educational system in targeting and paying attention to individual needs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to the role of self-determination on academic performance in adolescent students with mediating academic engagement and attitude toward e-learning. The present research is an applied and correlation research method by Structural Equation Modeling. A total of 300 people (150 females and 150 males) were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling from all adolescents aged 12 to 14 years old in public and non-profit schools in Tehran. All of them completed La Guardia et al self-identification questionnaires, Fredricks, & McColskey academic engagement, and Pilli et al attitude toward E-learning. For data analysis, Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling have been used. The results showed that self-determination, educational conflict and attitude toward e-learning and educational performance were significantly correlated. Also, the results of the model showed that self-determination (0.81), educational conflict (0.31) and attitude toward E-learning (0.22) have a direct effect on academic performance. In addition, self-determination due to educational conflict and attitude toward e-learning on academic performance (0.45) had indirect effect. Finally, the results of this study have shown that self-determination, academic engagement and attitude toward E-learning can have a positive and significant effect on academic performance and use them to enhance the academic performance of students.