Cognitive Engagement As Mediator on Students' Internet Usage and Motivation to Achieve Academically in Cluster 6 Schools, Davao City

Abstract

The current study evaluated whether cognitive engagement mediates the relationship between internet usage and students’ academic motivation. In this study, the researcher selected the 215 junior high school students in cluster 6 public secondary schools in Davao City as the survey respondents. A stratified random sampling technique was utilized in the selection of the respondents. A non-experimental quantitative research design using a descriptive-correlational method was employed. The data collected were subjected to the following statistical tools: Mean, Pearson Moment Product Correlation, multiple linear regression analysis, and Structural equation model using mediation analysis. Findings revealed that students’ internet usage, motivation to achieve academically, and cognitive engagement in cluster 6 public secondary schools in Davao City were described as extensive. Further, correlation analysis demonstrated that there is a significant relationship between students’ internet usage, motivation to achieve academically, and cognitive engagement. Evidently, SEM using mediation analysis proved that cognitive engagement mediates the relationship between students’ internet usage and motivation to achieve academically in cluster 6 public secondary schools in Davao City. In other words, cognitive engagement is a significant mediator in the relationship between students’ internet usage and motivation to achieve academically.