Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between motivational beliefs and academic performance of students with the mediating role of goal orientation. To this end, 403 students from the Farhangian University of Mashhad were selected by stratified sampling method and completed the questionnaire of learning motivational beliefs (Pintrich et al., 1991) and goal orientation (Elliot and McGregor Gore, 2001). The relationship of variables through the model Structural equation analysis was tested. Based on the results of this research, the proposed conceptual model, with respect to model indices, has the necessary fitness. The results showed that motivational beliefs predicted the goal orientation and academic performance of the students. Also, the goal orientation is the predictive performance of the student. Regarding the mediating role of variables, the results showed that motivational beliefs indirectly affect academic performance due to goal orientation