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When Birds of the Same Feather Fly Together: The Impact of Achievement Goal Compatibility in Collaborative Learning
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Giel, Lisenne I. S.; Noordzij, Gera; Wijnia, Lisette; Noordegraaf-Eelens, Liesbeth; Denktas, Semiha – Educational Psychology, 2021
In their pursuit of student engagement and achievement, educational institutes have increasingly been implementing student-centred approaches to learning with collaborative learning. In this study, we assessed the (mis)match effects of personal and group members' achievement goals on student engagement and performance. Students (N = 266) from 36…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Goal Orientation, Cooperative Learning, Mastery Learning
Development of Motivation in First-Year Students in Dutch Senior Secondary Vocational Education
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van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined the development in motivation for school in students in senior secondary vocational education and factors related to this development. There have been many concerns about a decline in motivation after school transitions. Little about this subject is known in relation to the transition to senior secondary vocational education.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Late Adolescents, Vocational Education
Dominant Achievement Goals and Academic Outcomes across Tracks in High School
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Scheltinga, Peter A. M.; Timmermans, Anneke C.; van der Werf, Greetje P. C. – Educational Psychology, 2017
The self-reported grades Dutch, English and Math of 13,970 students in the third grade of Dutch secondary education (US grade 9) were investigated with regard to educational track-level and dominant achievement goal (DAG). The performance approach goal group scored significantly higher on all three subjects than the performance avoidance group,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Secondary School Students, Track System (Education)
Dominant Achievement Goals across Tracks in High School
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Scheltinga, Peter A. M.; Kuyper, Hans; Timmermans, Anneke C.; van der Werf, Greetje P. C. – Educational Psychology, 2016
The dominant achievement goals (DAGs) of 7,008 students in the third grade of Dutch secondary education (US grade 9) were investigated, based on Elliot & McGregors' 2 × 2 framework (2001), in relation to track-level and motivational variables. We found the mastery-approach goal and the performance-approach goal, generally considered adaptive,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Scores, Mastery Learning
Avoidance-Oriented Students' Development in Motivation for Maths, Self-Regulated Learning Behaviour and Achievement: A Person-Centred Study in the Lowest Level of Secondary Education
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Peetsma, Thea; Van der Veen, Ineke – Educational Psychology, 2013
Performance-avoidance orientation has been found to undermine students' academic motivation and achievement. Recognising groups of students with different levels and developments of performance-avoidance orientation makes it possible to try to intervene early in their school careers. In this study, 1168 12-13?year-old students attending the first…
Descriptors: Well Being, Learning Motivation, Mathematics Education, Questionnaires