The Effect of University Students' Achievement Orientations on Lifelong Learning Tendencies: A Structural Equation Model Study

Abstract

In this study; İt is aimed to determine the effect level of achievement goal orientations on lifelong learning tendency. In the study, the general survey model and probability-based random sampling method, which are among the quantitative research methods, were preferred. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 1312 students, 726 female and 586 male, who continue their education in different faculties and vocational schools in the city center of Sivas Cumhuriyet University in the spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. The data of the study were obtained by applying the "2x2 Achievement Orientation Scale" developed by Arslan and Akın (2015), which was adapted to Turkish by Elliot and Murayama (2008), and the "Lifelong Learning Disposition Scale" developed by Diker-Coşkun (2009). Research data were analyzed using normality tests, independent groups t test, ANOVA, Tukey, SEM, and CFA statistical methods. In the findings obtained in the research; It is observed that the mean scores obtained by the students from both scales differ significantly according to the variables of gender, type of school, type of education, economic status, place of residence, the type of high school graduated from, and achievement orientation has an effect on lifelong learning.