SEMing the Causal Associations Between Teachers’ Instructional Practice, Growth Orientations, and Learners’ Vocabulary Development

Hashemi-aghdam, Mohaddeseh; Modirkhamene, Sima; Alavinia, Parviz

doi:10.22049/jalda.2026.30934.1865

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ PhD Candidate in ELT, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

² Associate Professor of TEFL, Department of English language and literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

10.22049/jalda.2026.30934.1865

Abstract

This study explored the interplay between teaching practices (relevance, feedback/feedforward, and organization and clarity), and students’ vocabulary achievement. Additionally, examining the mediating role of students’ growth orientation (GO) in this interaction, we also analyzed how teaching practices (TP) interact with GO. A convenient sample of 1,105 tenth-grade high school students participated in the study by completing surveys including adapted measures of GO, TP, and a vocabulary test. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used which consequently ended in the optimal fit of the overall research model that ensured the right path in the study. The findings revealed that students’ perceptions of TP were closely linked to their GO and vocabulary development. It was also found that GO interacted with students’ achievements. Furthermore, the results indicated that GO mediated the causal association between students' perception on TP and students' achievements. These results underscore the critical role of fostering GO among students while highlighting the influence of effective TP on shaping students’ mindsets, growth goal-setting behaviors, and academic success. The findings further support the idea that targeted interventions aimed at enhancing GO can lead to improved educational achievements.

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Article Title [Persian]

بررسی رابطه علی بین روش های آموزشی معلمان، جهت گیری رشد و توسعه واژگان با مدل سازی معادلات ساختاری

Authors [Persian]

محدثه هاشمی اقدم ¹
دکتر سیما مدیرخامنه ²
دکتر پرویز علوی نیا ²

¹ دانشجوی دکتری آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه ارومیه ، ارومیه، ایران

² دانشیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه ارومیه، ارومیه، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

این پژوهش به بررسی تعامل میان شیوه‌های تدریس (از جمله ارتباط‌مندی، بازخورد/پیش‌خوراند، و سازمان‌دهی و شفافیت) و پیشرفت واژگانی دانش‌آموزان پرداخت. علاوه بر این، با توجه به نقش میانجی‌گر گرایش به رشد(GO) در این تعامل، نحوۀ اثرگذاری شیوه‌های تدریس (TP) بر گرایش به رشد نیز مورد تحلیل قرار گرفت. نمونه‌ ی آماری متشکل از ۱۱۰۵ دانش‌آموز پایۀ دهم دبیرستان در این مطالعه مشارکت داشتند و پرسشنامه‌هایی را تکمیل کردند که شامل نسخه‌های بومی‌سازی‌شده مقیاس‌های GO و TP و نیز یک آزمون واژگان بود. داده‌ها با استفاده از مدل‌یابی معادلات ساختاری حداقل مربعات جزیی تحلیل شد که در نهایت به برازش بهینۀ مدل کلی پژوهش انجامید. یافته‌ها نشان داد برداشت دانش‌آموزان از TP به‌طور معناداری با GO و پیشرفت تحصیلی آنان مرتبط است. همچنین مشخص شد که GO با دستاوردهای تحصیلی دانش‌آموزان تعامل دارد. افزون بر این، نتایج بیانگر آن بود که GO نقش میانجی در ارتباط علّی میان ادراک دانش‌آموزان از TP و پیشرفت تحصیلی آنان ایفا می‌کند. این نتایج نقش اساسی پرورش GO در میان دانش‌آموزان را برجسته ساخته و بر تأثیر شیوه‌های تدریس اثربخش در شکل‌دهی ذهنیت، رفتارهای هدف‌گذاری رشدی و موفقیت تحصیلی آنان تأکید می‌کند. یافته‌ها همچنین از این دیدگاه حمایت می‌کنند که مداخلات هدفمند برای تقویت GO می‌توانند به بهبود معنادار دستاوردهای آموزشی منجر شوند.

Keywords [Persian]

جهت گیری رشد
توسعه واژگان
شیوه تدریس
انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی

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SEMing the Causal Associations Between Teachers’ Instructional Practice, Growth Orientations, and Learners’ Vocabulary Development

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Volume 14, Issue 1April 2026Pages 219-246

Volume 14, Issue 1
April 2026
Pages 219-246