The influence of achievement goal orientation, self-efficacy and task difficulty on JOL

Abstract

In order to investigate the influence of achievement goal orientation, self-efficacy and task difficulty on judgment of learning (JOL), we selected 96 senior high School students that were investigated through RJR paradigm and materials (meaningful and meaningless associated Chinese word -pairs) in this study. The results showed that: (1) Achievement goal orientation, self-efficacy and material factor had prominent influence on judgment of learning. (2) Achievement goal orientation and self-efficacy had different interactive influence on judgment of learning. (3)The testing of mediating effect indicated that self-efficacy was a mediator factor between achievement goal orientation and judgment of learning. So we draw the conclusions that achievement goal orientation, self-efficacy and task difficulty affect JOL.