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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/mathedu.2019.58.1.41

The effects of career identity on learning persistence and academic achievement: Mediating effect of utility value  

Woo, Yeon-Kyoung (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
Kim, Seong-Kyeong (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
Choi, Young-in (Seoul National University of Education)
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The Mathematical Education / v.58, no.1, 2019 , pp. 41-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of career identity on learning persistence and academic achievement, and mediating effect of utility value. To examine the effect of mediating role of utility value, we divided utility value into two types, utility value of daily matters and utility value of career. This study was conducted on 228 senior students in high school, to investigate relations among career identity, utility value, learning persistence and academic achievement in mathematics, by using the structural equation model. The results are as follows. First, career identity positively predicted learning persistence in mathematics. Second, career identity positively predicted the utility value of daily matters and career. Third, both type of utility value in mathematics positively predicted learning persistence in mathematics. Fourth, the utility value of daily matters and career, in mathematics subjects, showed differential predictability toward learning persistence and academic achievement. Both type of utility value in mathematics positively predicted learning persistence, but showed differential predictability toward learning academic achievement. Specifically, the utility value of daily matters in the near future did not predict the academic achievement, but the utility value of career in the distant future positively predicted the academic achievement. Fifth, the utility value was found to play a mediating role in the relationship between career identity and learning persistence. Based on the results of this study, implications for mathematics education were discussed.
Keywords
mathematics; career identity; learning persistence; academic achievement; utility value; task value;
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