The Research on the Influencing Factors of Foreign Master’s and Doctoral Students’ Study Performance in China

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to find the influencing factors that affect the study performance of foreign students. Previous studies mainly focused on medical undergraduate students in China, while the research objects of this study are engineering graduate students and doctoral students. Researchers constructed a questionnaire with good validity through the literature survey method and the Delphi method. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed, 123 questionnaires were collected, 11 questionnaires with problems were excluded, and 112 questionnaires were valid. Researchers analyzed the factors affecting the performance of foreign students through SPSS. The results show that the scores of Chinese skill, “psychology–ability–behavior” three-dimensional evaluation framework, and the level of teaching presence are positively correlated with the study performance of foreign students. Among them, the correlation between the scores of the three-dimensional evaluation framework and performance is the strongest, and the correlation between Chinese skill and performance is the weakest. In the three-dimensional evaluation framework, psychological factors have the greatest influence on students’ study performance. Based on the above analysis results, the researchers put forward a series of policy recommendations, such as improving teachers’ teaching level, strengthening Chinese language education for foreign students, and enhancing foreign students’ learning motivation and learning satisfaction.