Investigating the relationship of self-determination process with students’ learning

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the students' self-efficiency and their orientation of target with academic achievement. This study was a descriptive co relational research. The population of the study was all of the senior secondary students who were studying in Ilam in the academic year of 2014-15. Using cluster sampling methods, 345 students were selected. The instrument for measuring the scale of academic self-efficiency was the Scale of Target Orientation and Academic Achievement Test. The data collected were analyzed through correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. The results showed that academic self- efficiency has a significant positive relationship with academic achievement and can be its good predictor. Moreover, the aim of dispositional function has a significant positive relationship with academic achievement and can be a predictor of academic achievement; and the aim of refusal function has a significant negative relationship with academic achievement. Also, it can be a good prediction of academic achievement.