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Online Learning Self-Efficacy as a Mediator between the Instructional Interactions and Achievement Emotions of Rural Students in Elite Universities

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  • Li-Hong Zeng

    (Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
    School of Humanities and Teacher Education, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, China)

  • Yungwei Hao

    (Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

  • Kai-Hsin Tai

    (Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

Abstract

Previous research has shown that social capital (teachers’ and peers’ interaction) is a challenge for rural students in China’s elite universities due to underlying issues of online learning self-efficacy (OLSE) and the quality of interaction. To understand how interaction quality is influenced, the present study drew on the achievement emotion theory to explore the mediating role of OLSE between social interactions (teacher–student, student–student) and achievement emotions (enjoyment, hopelessness, shame). Data were collected using an online questionnaire with a sample of rural students studying at elite universities ( n = 479) in China. The results analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling confirmed the mediation model in which self-efficacy is a mediator in the relationships between social interactions and three types of achievement emotion as participants learned online during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown.

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  • Li-Hong Zeng & Yungwei Hao & Kai-Hsin Tai, 2022. "Online Learning Self-Efficacy as a Mediator between the Instructional Interactions and Achievement Emotions of Rural Students in Elite Universities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-13, June.
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