Structural relationship of academic self-efficacy, mobile learning readiness, and academic performance among graduate students: a mediation study

ABSTRACT

Recent studies indicate that academic performance is a complex phenomenon that can be influenced by various factors. Previous studies have also demonstrated a positive and significant relationship between academic performance, academic self-efficacy, and readiness to take advantage of mobile learning tools. The mediating role of mobile learning readiness in the relationship between academic self-efficacy and academic performance has received scant attention from researchers. The current study has investigated the potential relationship between academic self-efficacy, mobile learning readiness, and academic performance. The study sample comprises 326 students from … University. Data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling employing AMOS software. Results demonstrated a positive and significant relationship between mobile learning readiness and students’ academic performance. Furthermore, the findings revealed that increased academic self-efficacy was not significantly associated with improved academic performance. Eventually, mobile learning readiness positively mediated the relationship between academic self-efficacy and the students’ academic performance. Considering the key findings of the present study, we suggest implications for developing students’ mobile learning readiness in the mobile learning context.

KEYWORDS:

• Academic self-efficacy
• mobile learning readiness
• academic performance
• mediation analysis
• structural equation modeling

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Ghasem Salimi

Ghasem Salimi is currently an Associate Prof. in Higher Education at the Department of Educational Administration & Planning at Shiraz University. He received his Ph.D. in Higher Education from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, in September 2012. His academic interest areas are higher education studies, social media use in higher education, technology-enhanced learning, and internationalization. Dr. Salimi has published 75 academic journal papers and 30 conference papers.