The role of television school program on the qualitative academic performance of sixth grade students with the mediation of academic engagement

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the "Iran TV School" program on the academic performance of students with the mediation of academic engagement during the Corona period. The research method was a correlational survey. The statistical population includes all sixth grade students (1038 people) of Kordkuy city in the year 1400-1401, and 343 people were selected as a statistical sample using proportional stratified random sampling. To collect data, two standard questionnaires of academic performance by Pahm and Tyler (1999) and Shofli and Becker's academic engagement questionnaire (2006), were used. Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between the amount of watching TV school programs with academic engagement and academic performance. Also, the results showed that the television school program affects the academic performance both directly and indirectly (with the mediation of academic engagement).