Moderated mediating effect of Self-determination motivation through Collaborative learning attitude in the relationship between university student's Perceived task value and Academic procrastination behavior

Abstract

Objectives This study analyzed the moderated mediating effect of collaborative learning attitudes on self-determination motivation in the relationship between task value and academic procrastination behavior perceived by university students. And through the results derived here, the direction of effective learner-centered class design is suggested. Methods The subjects were 334 male and female university students enrolled in four-year colleges. The mediating effect of self-determination motivation, the moderating effect of collaborative learning attitude, and the mediated moderating effect were analyzed with SPSS PROCESS, and the significance of the mediating effect and moderating effect was verified through bootstrapping and t-value significance level for each level of the graph. Results First, in the relationship between perceived task value and academic procrastination, self-determination motivation showed a mediating effect in alleviating academic procrastination. In other words, the higher the perceived task value level, the higher the self-determination motivation, and the higher the self-determination motivation level, the mediating effect of alleviating procrastination behavior. Second, the collaborative learning attitude showed a significant moderating effect on the relationship between self-determination motivation and academic procrastination. Academic procrastination was significantly regulated at all levels of collaborative learning attitude. The group with self-determination motivation level ‘high’ and learning attitude level ‘high’ had the lowest level of academic procrastination. The group with collaborative ‘low’ level of self-determination motivation and ‘high’ collaborative learning attitude had the highest level of academic procrastination. Third, when perceived task value and self-determination motivation affect academic procrastination behavior, the cooperative learning attitude shows a significant mediated moderating effect. That is, the higher the perceived task value(B=-.332, p<.001) and the higher the motivation for self-determination(B=-.484, p<.001), the lower the procrastination behavior. However, when the level of self-determination motivation was lowered and the collaborative learning attitude was higher, procrastination behavior rather increased. As a result, the moderated mediating effect of collaborative learning attitude was verified through a significant interaction(B=-.018, p<.05) of self-determination motivation*collaborative learning attitude. Conclusions Despite a favorable collaborative learning attitude, it is difficult to lower academic procrastination behavior if self-determination motivation is lacking. Therefore, it is effective to increase the level of self-determination motivation through class design that can enhance confidence and competence, and it is necessary to find a way to increase the value of the task.