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Educational applications of achievement goal theory
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Antecedents of Athletes’ Achievement Goal Orientations
<p>Theorized by Nicholls (1984), achievement goal theory describes the interaction of one’s perceived ability and two goal orientations, known as “task” and “ego,” that an athlete employs when setting goals. These goal orientations are what athletes employ when playing their sport. The result of …
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A Model of Social Achievement Goal Orientations
This dissertation evaluated a model of social goal orientations. This model was based on findings in social goals research and extended from current models of academic achievement goal orientations is presented. The model consists of three goal orientations, mastery, performance-approach and …
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Moral Functioning in Sport: An Achievement Goal Perspective
When male participants perceived a performance motivational climate in their team, they were more likely to judge inappropriate behaviors as appropriate, and report the intention to engage and greater frequency of engagement in the described behaviors. They were also more likely to perceive their …
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A Preliminary Examination of Adding the Approach-Avoidance Distinction to Achievement Goal Theory
… threat appraisals, or task involvement based on goal involvement. Although achievement goals did not influence participants' responses, participants did differ in their achievement responses based on their perceived success following the first throwing task, levels of perceived ability and …
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Student Achievement, Personal Achievement Goal Orientations, and Perceptions of Classroom Goal Structures In A Standards-Based Reporting System
… purpose of this study was to analyze student achievement growth and motivational goal orientations in a standards-based reporting environment in a rural SC school district. More specifically, this study sought to determine if student achievement growth is related to the number of years …
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Can goal specific self-efficacy measures predict goal choice: understanding the 2x2 achievement goal framework through self-efficacy theory
<p>The achievement goals that one adopts in an academic context have been shown to be associated with, as well as causally related to, important outcomes. Currently, the most widely accepted theory holds that achievement goals are the result of one's implicit </p> <p>theory of intelligence. …
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Young horse-riders and their parents : an investigation into the parent-child interaction and the achievement goal profiles of horse-riders
In this study, the goal orientations of female riders between the ages of 7 and 20 and their parents are investigated. Goal orientations were identified by means of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Sport (AGQ-S) for: the daughter; the daughter's perceptions of her dominant-parent's goal …
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“We’re all far more burnt out than we realize”: An exploratory analysis of academic achievement and the effects of Covid-19 burnout and achievement goal orientation
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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Investigation of the 3 x 2 Achievement Goal Framework in Two University Band Contexts: Scale Development and Model Fit of a Six-Factor Structure describing University Band Students’ Goal Orientations Toward Personal and Ensemble Music Performance
… test the psychometric properties of the 3 x 2 Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Music Performance (3 x 2 AGQ – MP) and to determine the extent to which the 3 x 2 achievement goal model fits to two contexts of university band performance. Results from a pilot study informed establishment of a …
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Participation in Post-Secondary Honors Programs: Predictors and Effects
… research institution, and 2) the influence of achievement goal orientation on high-achieving community college students’ decision to participate in a post-secondary honors program. While correlational studies have been conducted to compare differences in academic achievement between …
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Motivation for Sport Persistence: An Empirical Examination of Underlying Theoretical Constructs
… examination of the theoretical constructs of achievement goal orientations, perceived ability, and perceived costs-benefits of involvement to explain short persistence/withdrawal with four general purposes. These included (a) an examination of the relationship between goal orientations and …
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Motivational influence on the attentional processes of competitive golfers
… attentional focus may be related to their achievement motivation and competence striving during competitive performance. It was anticipated that if such relationships were established in competitive contexts, findings would enhance understanding of the underlying mechanisms that contribute …
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The role of personal and contextual variables in college students' academic achievement
… in the SRL model was proposed, as was the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ; Elliot & McGregor, 2001), a measure of the 2x2 Framework of achievement goal orientation. These variables were assessed along with those included in the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ; …
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The prison of online performance: social achievement goals as a buffer between social media and digital stress
… how individual differences in social achievement goal orientations—development (DEV) and demonstration (DEM)—moderate the relationship between social media use (SMU) and approval anxiety, a key form of digital stress. Grounded in Social Achievement Goal Theory and the Digital Stress …
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Collegiate Baseball Players’ Perceptions of the Climate and Their Adaptive Baseball Behaviors
The purpose of this study, grounded in the Achievement Goal Perspective Theory (AGPT) and a Caring framework, was to develop an adaptive baseball behavior measure, and to pilot it to examine the relationship between collegiate baseball players’ perceptions of the climate to their engagement in …
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An Examination of Different Motivational Orientations That Drive Graduate Students To Continue/Complete Their Education in the U.S
… (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Deci & Ryan, 2002) and Achievement Goal Theory (Nicholls, 1989; Elliot, 1997), to examine and understand how different types of motivation—such as intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, approach motivation, and avoidance motivation—affect graduate students’ …
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