Factors Affecting Diligence in Learning of Mathayom Suksa 3 Students under the Jurisdiction of SamutSakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate the variables affecting diligence in learning of Mathayom Suksa 3 students under the jurisdiction of SamutSakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office.  The samples for the study were 506 Mathayom Suksa 3 students. Seven predicting variables were the relationship between the teacher and students, democratic rearing, parents’ learning promotion, achievement motivation, future orientation and self-control, internai locus of control, and attitude toward diligence in learning.  The research instrument was a questionnaire and the data were analyzed using basic statistics and multiple regression analysis.

The research findings were as follows:

The seven predicting variables: the relationship between the teacher and students, demoratic way of rearing, parents’ promotion in learning, motivation on learning achievement, future-oriented endevor, and self-control, belief in self-power and attitude toward diligence in learning hom a linear relationship with diligence in learning of Mathayom Suksa 3 students and is able to predict diligence in learning of the students with 49.9 % accuracy, and there are four good predicting variables on diligence in learning of the students raninging in degree of significance namely: achievement motivation, internal locus of control, relationship between the students and the teachers, and democratic raring.