International Journal of Progressive Education
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International Journal of Progressive Education 2021, Vol. 17(3) 361-380

Seventh Graders’ Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations as Predictors of Their Achievement in Social Studies

Melek Didin & Koray Kasapoglu

pp. 361 - 380   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2021.346.23

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Abstract

It is aimed to examine the relationships among seventh-graders’ achievement goal orientations and learning strategies and achievement in Social Studies. In this quantitative study with a correlational design, the data were collected from 440 seventh-grade students studying in nine public middle schools selected by convenience sampling. As data collection tools, Learning Strategies for Social Studies Scale (Didin & Kasapoğlu, 2017), Social Studies-Oriented Achievement Goals Scale (Gezer & Şahin, 2016) and Personal Information Form were used. Seventh-graders’ achievement in Social Studies was determined based on end-of-term grades. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis depicted that seventh-graders’ learning strategies for Social Studies positively predicted their achievement in Social Studies, after controlling for gender. After adjustment for both their gender and learning strategies for Social Studies, the task-approach as one of the Social Studies-oriented achievement goals positively predicted their achievement in Social Studies.

Keywords: Social Studies, Achievement Goal Orientations, Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement

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Didin, M., & Kasapoglu, K. (2021). Seventh Graders’ Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations as Predictors of Their Achievement in Social Studies. International Journal of Progressive Education, 17(3), 361-380. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2021.346.23

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Didin, M. and Kasapoglu, K. (2021). Seventh Graders’ Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations as Predictors of Their Achievement in Social Studies. International Journal of Progressive Education, 17(3), pp. 361-380.

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Didin, Melek and Koray Kasapoglu (2021). "Seventh Graders’ Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations as Predictors of Their Achievement in Social Studies". International Journal of Progressive Education 17 (3):361-380. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2021.346.23

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