Strategic-motivational profile and academic achievement in primary school students

Among a multitude of variables that are involved in self-regulated learning and that define the student’s profile, we find learning strategies and academic motivation. The aim of this study was to analyze relationships between learning strategies, attitude toward study, selfconcept, and academic ach...

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Authors: Martínez Vicente, Marta, Suárez Riveiro, José Manuel, Valiente Barroso, Carlos
Format: article
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repository:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/24063
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24063
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:58 Pedagogía
self-regulation
learning strategies
academic motivation
student role
academic achievement
autorregulación
estrategias de aprendizaje
motivación académica
rol estudiantil
rendimiento académico
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Summary:Among a multitude of variables that are involved in self-regulated learning and that define the student’s profile, we find learning strategies and academic motivation. The aim of this study was to analyze relationships between learning strategies, attitude toward study, selfconcept, and academic achievement. A total of 519 students from upper primary education in Cantabria (Spain) were participants in this cross-sectional study, which used nonexperimental, descriptive, correlational methodology. The results confirmed a tendency for greater use of learning strategies, along with optimal motivation towards schoolwork, to be positively related to overall academic achievement. Moreover, low-medium-high levels of learning strategy use and of academic motivation were differentially associated with academic achievement. This study has confirmed that complementary learning strategies such as group work or extracurricular activities, as well as academic self-concept, are predictive of achievement in the subjects considered, as well as of academic achievement in general. Educational contexts that take into account learning strategies and academic motivation are called for, both as a means and as an end in themselves, in order to achieve meaningful, practical and functional learning that leads to higher academic achievement.