Title: Examining the Effect of Online Learning Environments on Learning Behavioral Engagement: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-efficacy
Authors: Fang Wang, Xiaoquan Pan
Volume: 8
Issue: 12
Pages: 113-120
Publication Date: 2024/12/28
Abstract:
With the rapid development of information technology, online learning environments are becoming increasingly prevalent. Therefore, it is meaningful to study how online learning environments affect students' learning engagement. This study explored the effect of online learning environments on students' English learning behavioral engagement and investigated whether academic self-efficacy could mediate the relationship between online learning environments and students' English learning behavioral engagement in a sample of Chinese undergraduate students. Data were analyzed on the basis of a total of 390 second-year undergraduates of college English course in a comprehensive university in Eastern China who participated in the questionnaires concerning online learning environments, academic self-efficacy and learning behavioral engagement. The study found that: (1) online learning environments predicted learning behavioral engagement; (2) online learning environments predicted academic self-efficacy; (3) academic self-efficacy predicted learning behavioral engagement; and (4) academic self-efficacy mediated the relationship between online learning environments and learning behavioral engagement. This study indicated the significance of online learning environments in enhancing students' English learning behavioral engagement and highlighted the function of academic self-efficacy on mediating the relationship between online learning environments and students' English learning behavioral engagement, thereby informing educators of optimizing the design of online learning environments and strengthening students' academic self-efficacy.