Agency as a Mediator of Academic Achievement

• In Event: Poster Session 11
  In Poster Session: Examining the Effects of Culture, Cognitive Capacity, and Human Agency on Academic Achievement

Abstract

Agency is an emergent capability that is manifested in individual abilities to interact with personal, behavioural, environmental, and social factors. Agency for learning theorizes that agentic processes mediate the effects of other personal, behavioural, and environmental factors. The purpose of the present study is to examine the mediating relationship of agency and its component processes relative to goal-orientation, self-regulated study strategy use, social identification, student perceptions of the fairness of the learning environment and academic achievement. Results of this study indicate that agentic processes act as significant mediators that varies in strength depending on the context. This research provides an alternative perspective to the study of agency and a framework that enables the re-interpretation of existing learning theory.

Author

• Jillianne Code, University of Victoria