Houshang Garavand; Ezzatollah Ghadampour; Hassan Ali Vieskarami
Abstract
This study aimed to provide a causal model for perception of the educational atmosphere of creative and problem-solving skills with academic motivation.This study was descriptive and correlational. Statistical population includes all postgraduate students of Lorestan University that 1643 was of through ...
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This study aimed to provide a causal model for perception of the educational atmosphere of creative and problem-solving skills with academic motivation.This study was descriptive and correlational. Statistical population includes all postgraduate students of Lorestan University that 1643 was of through the table Krejcie and Morgan the sample size of 310 person determination and through stratified random sampling method were selected. To collect the required data from questionnaires creative educational atmosphere mohebi and colleagues (1392), problem solving Heppner and Petersen (1982), academic self-efficacy beliefs Zajacova et al (2005), and academic motivation Vallerand & et al (1989) were used. The correlation matrix, path analysis and Goodness of Fit Index with use of software Lisrel 8.5 was used for data analysis. The results of path analysis showed that the creative educational environment on academic motivation direct impact and with self-efficacy mediation indirect impact but problem-solving skills on academic motivation, has no direct effect, but mediated by self-efficacy indirect effect it had. The results of the mediating role of self-efficacy in structural relationship between creative educational atmosphere and problem-solving skills with students' academic motivation provides support.