The Mediating Effect of Academic Motivation on the Relationship between Metacognitive Skills, Students Attitudes and Beliefs toward Mathematics

Albert G. Camacho
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Albert G. Camacho: Associate Professor, University of Mindanao Panabo College, Pedro N. Arguelles St., Brgy San Francisco, Panabo City, Philippines

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 7, 296-308

Abstract: This study determined the mediating effect of academic motivation on the relationship between metacognitive skills, student attitudes and beliefs toward mathematics in selected colleges, particularly Davao del Norte. The study adopted a quantitative non-experimental correlational descriptive survey design with a sample of 339 first-year college students. Sets of adapted survey questionnaires were used in this study to obtain data from the respondents subjected for content validity and reliability analysis. The data were analyzed using the Mean, Pearson-r, Multiple Regression Analysis, and Medgraph using the Sobel z-test. The results revealed that in first-year college students; levels of academic motivation, metacognitive skills, attitude and beliefs are evident most of the time. Moreover, a significant relationship existed between these variables. The mediation of academic motivation on the relationship between metacognitive skills, students’ attitudes and beliefs towards the mathematics of first-year college in a selected institution was proven in the study

Date: 2022
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