Path Model Analysis on Academic Writing Motivation

Abstract

The study’s main objective is to determine the best fit model in academic writing motivation. Additionally, the research aims to assure the significance of the relationship between the exogenous variables: metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, language skills development, and the endogenous variable on academic writing motivation. The study used descriptive -correlational design and Path Model Analysis to determine the most appropriate model on academic writing motivation. Random sampling was used to determine the number of students on each campus. The data was gathered from four hundred (400) students under the education program from five (5) branches of the University of Mindanao: UM Tagum, UM Panabo, UM Peñaplata, UM Bansalan, and UM Digos. Survey questionnaires were used to gather data. The results revealed that the level of metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, development of language skills, and academic writing motivation was at a high level. Based on the results, it was clearly explained that the exogenous variable on metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, language exposure, language skills development, and the endogenous variable on academic writing motivation that can be seen in the fourth model was the most appropriate model for the research.