The Relationship between Task Value and Goal Orientation with Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between task value and goal orientation with academic achievement with the mediating role of self-efficacy in students of Khorram Abad Azad University. The research method was a correlational description. The statistical population was 12,000 students of the Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad branch. The sample size was selected based on Klein's model and with available sampling method (online method) of 350 people. To measure the research variables, students' last semester's GPA, Pintrich & DeGroot's task value scale, achievement goal questionnaire–revised Elliott and Murayama and the general self-efficacy scale of Sherer & Maddux were used. Data were analyzed with Pearson's correlation coefficient and structural equations using SPSS and Amos software version 24. Based on the data analysis, there is a significant relationship between the task value, goal orientation and self-efficacy with academic achievement (P<0.01). Also, the direct paths of this research were significant and the indirect paths of task value and goal orientation through the mediating role of self-efficacy on students' academic achievement were significant. Finally, the final research model had a good fit (RMSEA = 0.061 and P-value < 0.05) and 39% of the variance of academic achievement was explained by the task value and the goal orientation with the mediating role of self-efficacy. Therefore, it can be concluded that the studied variables have a theoretical intersection and paying attention to the effect of these variables on students' academic achievement can be used in future planning and cover the gaps.