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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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A Test of Self-Regulation Training in a Collegiate Academic Setting
… educating students about principles of quality goal setting on the quality of their goal setting for an upcoming semester. To test this hypothesis, a training program was designed and conducted. Central to training content were principles of goal theory, achievement, and self-regulation …
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The Role of Optimism and Vision on the Framing of Approach and Avoidance Goals
This study examined differences in goal characteristics as a function of goal framing (approach and avoidance). Relationships among free-set goal characteristics, optimism and personal vision were also explored. Using the framework of free-set goal theory individuals' personal vision was …
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The role of Head of Department in enhancing Grade 12 learners academic performance: a multiple case study in Vhuronga 2 Circuit in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
… remains the pride of any secondary school. The goal theory of leadership was identified and applied as the appropriate theory grounding the study. The interpretivist paradigm was placed at the center of this study. The researcher employed a multiple case study design in which several …
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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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Three Essays on Customers in Waits.
… I investigate customers’ redemption from the goal theory perspective, and I compare strategic customers, who delay redemptions for larger rewards, to non-strategic customers in the model.
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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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Improving the Pipeline for Students of Color at 1862 Colleges of Agriculture: A Qualitative Study That Examines Administrators’ Perceptions of Diversity, Barriers, and Strategies for Success
… States. This qualitative study utilizes the path-goal theory of leadership (House, 1971) and reasoned action theory (Fishbein and Azjen, 2010) to examine the perceptions of administrators regarding the barriers that students of color face within colleges of agriculture at 1862 land-grant …
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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 Framework, …
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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 Assessment of the Effects of Head Teachers’ Leadership Styles on Teachers’ Job Performance in Selected Primary Schools in Dar es Salaam
… job performance. The study was based on path goal theory. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The study employed 3 District education officers (DEO’s), 6 head teachers and 88 primary teachers in the 6 primary schools. Purposive sampling technique was used to get 6 head teachers …
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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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Antecedents and consequences of fairness in performance evaluation processes.
… measures used to evaluate performance, and by goal-related variables such as participation in setting performance targets, the goal-attainment-reward link, and the specificity of goals to be achieved by managers. With regard to the consequences of procedural fairness, it examines the effects of …
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Dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet? - Was motiviert die Beschäftigten des öffentlichen Dienstes?
Die Arbeit befasst sich theoretisch und empirisch mit der so genannten Public Service Motivation (PSM) und ihrem Zusammenhang zu anderen psychologischen Motivationstheorien. Die Public Service Motivation geht davon aus, dass öffentlich Beschäftigte unter anderem dadurch motiviert sind, dass sie in …
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