This study examined structural equation model of academic mindset, motivation, perseverance, engagement and secondary school students’ performance in economics in south-west, Nigeria. The study adopted ex-post facto research design. A sample of 1.125 senior secondary school II economics students was drawn out of a population of 362.834 from public and private schools in South-west, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select three states (Ogun, Oyo, and Ekiti), and the respondents involved in the study. Standardized instruments were used for data collection with reliability indices of .78, .79, .76, .75, and .75 for academic mindset, academic motivation, academic perseverance, academic engagement, and performance in economics respectively. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and path analysis at .05 level of significance. The study revealed that the data on academic mindset, academic motivation, academic perseverance, academic engagement and performance in Economics fitted the hypothesized model (χ2=126.27; df=43; χ2/df=2.94; p≤.05); and that there was significant causal relationship among academic mindset, academic motivation, academic perseverance, academic engagement and students’ performance in Economics (R=.55; p≤.05); and that the relative contribution of academic mindset and academic perseverance were significant (R=.55; β =.41; β=.15; p≤.05). The study concluded that academic mindset and academic perseverance were strong predictors of secondary school students’ performance in economics in south-west, Nigeria. The study recommended that education stakeholders should do their best to ensure that they cultivate a positive academic mindset and academic perseverance in students of economics.
Lawal, B. M. . (2023). Structural equation model of academic mindset, motivation, perseverance, engagement and secondary school students’ performance in economics in south-west, Nigeria. Journal of Social and Educational Research, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10444314