The purpose of this study was to identify the casual relationship between class engagement, student-faculty interaction, integration of experiences, self-directed learning competency and learning outcomes of college freshmen. The data of this study co...
The purpose of this study was to identify the casual relationship between class engagement, student-faculty interaction, integration of experiences, self-directed learning competency and learning outcomes of college freshmen. The data of this study collected from sample of 328 students. The statistical methods used confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling(i.e., PLS). The result of this study shows that confirmed students’ attitudes towards self-directed learning competency; in other words, class engagement, student-faculty interaction, and integration of experiences has a significant effect on improving self-directed learning competency. The most important results of this study shows that integration of experiences effects self-directed learning competency and we found that self-directed learning competency has a significant effect on learning outcomes.