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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Achievement goal orientations"”.
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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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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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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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Coach and athlete goal orientations: Congruence of orientations and affects on athlete satisfaction and commitment
… research has suggested that dispositional achievement goals have an important influence on athlete's behaviors and cognitions. The literature is also consistent regarding the effects the motivational climate plays on athlete's behaviors and cognitions. However, no research has examined the …
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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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Examining college students’ epistemological beliefs and mindset of intelligence and their association with learning motivations
In the past educational research studies, many studies investigated mindset of intelligence and epistemological beliefs and reported significant effects on students’ motivation. Even though mindset of intelligence and epistemological beliefs are two separate constructs, these constructs are likely …
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Course-triggered Identity Exploration, Motivation, and Success among Community College Students
… the nature and prevalence of motivational orientations, identity processing styles, and course-triggered identity exploration among community college students, the relation of these orientations/processing styles/exploratory actions to one another and to students’ academic outcomes, and to …
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Classroom Error Climate: Teacher Professional Development to Improve Student Motivation
Student motivation and achievement are often low for students from low socioeconomic status households and may decline when children from all walks of life enter middle school. Despite years of studies describing these declines and efforts to improve learning outcomes, the trends continue. …
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The culturally adaptive functionality of self-regulation: Explorations of children's behavioural strategies and motivational attitudes
… It also compared student adoption of achievement motivational attitudes as well as the functionality of these attitudes for investment of effort and self-regulatory activity between cultures. Finally, the role of classroom cultures for self-regulation was studied. In particular, it …