Investigating the relationship between academic Engagement and school Engagement and students' sense of belonging to school with academic achievement mediated by academic achievement motivation

The aim of this research was determine the relationship of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging with academic achievement by mediated the academic achievement motivation in male students.

This study was a descriptive from type of correlation. The study population was senior male students of districts 2 and 5 of Tehran city in the academic years of 2018-19. The sample size was estimated 604 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research tools were included the academic engagement questionnaire (Fredericks et al, 2004), school engagement scale (Viga, 2016), school belonging scale (Arslan & Duru, 2017), academic achievement motivation questionnaire (Hermans, 1970) and average of the previous semester as an indicator of academic achievement. Data were analyzed with using Pearson correlation coefficients and path analysis methods in SPSS and AMOS software.

The findings showed that the mode of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging with academic achievement by mediated the academic achievement motivation had a good fit. Also, all three variables of academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging on academic achievement motivation and academic achievement and the variable of academic achievement motivation on academic achievement had a direct and significant effect (P<0.05). In addition, academic engagement, school engagement and school belonging by mediated the academic achievement motivation had an indirect and significant effect on academic achievement (P<0.05).

According to the results to increase and promote academic achievement, it is possible to provide the basis for improving the academic engagement, school engagement, school belonging and academic achievement motivation.