Effects of self-directed learning readiness, resilience, and competencies on learning motivation of postgraduate students in Malaysian research universities
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-directed learning readiness and learning motivation with the mediating effects of resilience and competencies among postgraduate students in Malaysia. There were five objectives in this study: (i) to identify the relationship...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68204/1/GSM%202015%2021%20IR.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68204/ |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-directed
learning readiness and learning motivation with the mediating effects of
resilience and competencies among postgraduate students in Malaysia. There
were five objectives in this study: (i) to identify the relationship between selfdirected
learning readiness and resilience, (ii) to examine the relationship
between self-directed learning readiness and learning motivation, (iii) to study
the relationship between self-directed learning readiness and competencies, (iv)
to assess the mediating effect of resilience in the relationship between selfdirected
learning readiness and learning motivation, and (v) to investigate the
mediating effect of competencies in the relationship between self-directed
learning readiness and learning motivation. A total of 600 questionnaires were
distributed to postgraduate students from four Research Universities (RUs) in
Malaysia namely Universiti Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia, and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Respondents were
selected using stratified sampling and simple random sampling. After the data
collection completed, data was analysed through a few steps which include data
screening, descriptive analysis, multivariate assumption test, reliability and
validity test, and lastly hypothesis testing. To test the hypotheses of this study,
simple regression, multiple regression, and mediation regression analysis were
used. Results showed that from five main hypotheses, three hypotheses were
supported and the other two hypotheses were not supported. It can be concluded
from the findings that self-directed learning readiness has a significant and
positive relationship between learning motivation, resilience, and competencies.
However, there is no mediation of resilience and competencies were found in
the relationship between self-directed learning readiness and learning
motivation. |
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