Predictive Relationships between Secondary School Students' Human Values, Motivational Beliefs, and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the exploratory and predictive relationships between secondary school students' human values and their motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning strategies and thus to test the relevant model was developed. A correlational filed study was used in this research. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 794 students studying at six different secondary schools in Istanbul. Research data were collected by "Human Values Scale" and the "Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire". The exploratory relationships between secondary school students' human values, motivational beliefs, and self-regulated learning strategies were analyzed using the software AMOS 16 following the "Structural Equation Modelling". Results indicated that human values were significant predictor of motivational beliefs and motivational beliefs were significant predictor of self-regulated learning strategies. Also, the study results indicated that human values were not significant predictor of self-regulated learning strategies, but had an indirect effect on self-regulated learning via motivational beliefs. These results revealed that the values were important variables that effect on students' learning and motivation