Private Tutoring and Academic Achievement: Self-Study as a Mediator

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 823-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Hee Seo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Private Tutoring ◽  
Study Time ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

I examined the relationships among private tutoring in mathematics, self-study, and academic achievement, in particular, the potential mediating role of self-study in the relationship between private tutoring and academic achievement. The responses of 3,689 Korean middle school students were analyzed. Results showed that private tutoring time positively predicted self-study time and academic achievement. Number of hours of self-study also predicted academic achievement and mediated the relationship between private tutoring and academic achievement. These findings showed that private tutoring increased the time students spent on self-study rather than replacing it. In addition, the positive effect of private tutoring on academic achievement was mediated by increased self-study time. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Influence of School Loose-Tight Culture on Bullying of Middle School Students: The Mediating Role of Collective Moral Disengagement and Collective Efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1263-1272
Author(s):  
Yirui Song ◽  
Lei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
School Bullying ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Middle School Bullying ◽  
The Relationship

To explore the relationship and mechanism of school loose-tight culture to middle school bullying, a total of 808 students were selected from three middle schools in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province of China, to conduct a questionnaire survey. The study used the school loose-tight culture scale, the collective moral disengagement scale, the collective efficacy scale, and the bullying scale for middle school students. The results showed that (i) school loose-tight culture significantly predicted the occurrence of school bullying; (ii) school loose-tight culture was significantly negatively correlated with collective moral disengagement and school bullying but positively correlated with collective efficacy. Further, collective moral disengagement was significantly positively correlated with school bullying, but collective efficacy was significantly negatively correlated with school bullying; (iii) school loose-tight culture inhibited school bullying through the dual mediating effects of collective moral disengagement and collective efficacy at the same time.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of School Engagement in the Relationship between Attitude toward Learning and Academic Achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
M. Yüksel Erdoğdu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of school engagement in the relationship between attitude toward learning and academic achievement. The study was carried out on 438 high school students. The Scale of Attitudes Toward Learning and the School Engagement Scale were applied to the participants, and students’ academic achievement scores were obtained from the school administration. In the study, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and the ordinary least squares regression-based approach and Bootstrap method were used to determine the effects of the mediation model. According to the research findings, a relationship between attitude toward learning, academic achievement, and school engagement was found. It was determined that school engagement plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between attitude toward learning and academic achievement. The results revealed the importance of school engagement in improving students’ attitude toward learning and academic achievement, and it was recommended to discuss and interpret the results.

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