GLOBAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND RESEARCHES STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL ON THE INTEREST IN SCHOOL AMONG CRIMINOLOGY STUDENTS
Authors: Dr. Marco Gemmer
DOI: 10.87349/JBUPT/28610
Page No: 97-114
Abstract
The aimed of this investigation was to discover what best fit model for the interest in school among criminology students. Specifically, it explored the interrelationship among variables including level of attitudes towards school, student’s engagement and academic self-concept on interest in school of students. Utilized Structural Equation Model, descriptive correlational method, simple random sampling and regression correlation. Data were obtained from 400 criminology students from the two tertiary schools in Davao City. The questionnaire was divided into four sections including attitude towards school, student’s engagement, academic self-concept and students interest. Results have shown that the level of attitudes towards the school of students is high; level of student involvement in school is high; level of academic self-concept of students in school is relatively high; and level of interest in school of students is high. Study revealed that the attitudes toward school of students; student engagement of students in school; and academic self-concept of students in school are significantly correlated with interest in school of the students. The model apparently showed the importance that all three factors of attitudes toward school; factors of academic selfconcept; and all four factors of interest of students in school have strong interconnectedness with each other. Attitudes toward school has a direct association on interest of students and educational self-concept has direct association with interest of students. The best fit model showed that belongingness, school image and teaching from attitudes toward school, educational confidence, and academic effort of academic self-concept were included. This model indicates that interest in school of students is strongly influenced with attitudes toward school and academic self-concept of students in school. Furthermore, it was also noted that student engagement has a direct effect to students’ attitude toward school and academic self-concept.
