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Background:

  • Student academic performance is linked to study habits.
  • Learning environment factors may indirectly influence academic outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Assess learning environment factors as predictors of students' average exam grades.
  • Investigate if study approaches mediate the relationship between learning environment factors and exam grades.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 263 Norwegian occupational therapy students across three annual surveys (2017-2019).
  • Employed the Course Experience Questionnaire for learning environment factors and the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students for study approaches.
  • Performed linear regression and mediation analyses.

Main Results:

  • Higher 'student autonomy' correlated with lower average grades; higher 'appropriate workload' correlated with higher average grades.
  • Significant indirect effects of 'clear goals' and 'appropriate workload' on grades were observed, mediated by study approaches.
  • All learning environment variables demonstrated some mediation by study approach variables in their relationship with academic performance.

Conclusions:

  • Learning environment factors have complex direct and indirect associations with academic performance.
  • Study approaches play a mediating role in the relationship between the learning environment and student grades.