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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"achievement goal theory"”.
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Educational applications of achievement goal theory
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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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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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Exploring Public Elementary School Educator Perceptions Of Student Goal Setting In The Classroom
… exacerbated by disruptions caused by COVID-19. Goal-setting strategies have been widely recognized in fields such as business and sports for improving motivation and performance, however, how educators implement these strategies remains underexplored. The purpose of this qualitative …
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Psychosocial Motivators for Obstacle Course Racing: A Qualitative Case Study
… the basis of the study: Self-Determination Theory (SDT), Achievement Goal Theory (AGT), and Social Leaning Theory (SLT). Overall, findings supported previous research regarding motivations to participate in adventure racing and extreme sports. Individuals were guided more by intrinsic …
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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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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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Motivation and creativity: The relationship between achievement goals and creativity in writing
… the relationship between motivational goals and the creativity of short stories and poems. Creativity of the stories and poems was measured using a consensual technique based on independent assessments of a group of expert judges. The first study, with 121 undergraduates as subjects, …
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An Examination of Motivation within Models Based Practices
… when framed using Self-Determination Theory (SDT), and Achievement Goal Theory (AGT), this review showed that empirical evidence largely supports claims that hybrid pedagogical models positively impacts motivational outcomes in PE. The purposes of study two were to (a) describe and …
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An Examination of Different Motivational Orientations That Drive Graduate Students To Continue/Complete Their Education in the U.S
… theories of motivation, Self Determination Theory (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 …
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Kūno kultūros pedagogų edukacinių nuostatų, profesinės kompetencijos ir jų ugdytinių motyvacijos sportui dermė /
… methodology is based on the self-determination theory and the achievement goal theory, also on the models determining the correlation between physical education or sport pedagogue’s created educational environment and their pupils’ satisfied needs of competence, autonomy and affiliation. …
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Teaching Behaviors, Student Motivation and Achievement In the Learning Domains of Physical Education
… out, using constructs of Self-Determination and Achievement Goal Theories to uncover variables related to learning in physical education and PA intentions. The purpose of study 1 was to determine predictors of PA intentions, including goal orientations (GO), motivational climate (MC), perceived …
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Exploring Relationships Between Motivational Climate, Parental Involvement, Fear of Failure, and Goal Orientations in Youth Club Soccer Athletes
… participation. However, one’s motivation towards achievement in sport can at times be negatively influenced by these factors when they fear failure. The aim of the current study was to explore the relationships between environmental factors and goal orientations, while considering fear of failure. …
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Excellence and Performance Improvement: The Goals and Standards Guiding Skill Development in USA Curling
<p>Excellence can be found in every goal-directed pursuit aiming to improve abilities. The present dissertation integrates goal setting theory, achievement goal theory, and deliberate practice into a conceptual model describing how excellence is achieved. It is argued that future research using …
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Course-triggered Identity Exploration, Motivation, and Success among Community College Students
… that guide this dissertation research are Achievement Goal theory (Ames, 1992), Brezonsky’s (1989) identity processing style, and Flum and Kaplan’s (2006) perspective on identity exploration and its promotion in educational settings (Kaplan, Sinai & Flum, 2014). This dissertation comprises …