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Peer reviewedNewman, Richard S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998
Investigates how different types of achievement goals influence elementary school students' help seeking. Goals were conceptualized on two dimensions: locus of the goal (i.e., personal goals and contextual goals) and emphasis of the goal (i.e., learning goals and performance goals). Interactions among goals and their resultant patterns of help…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Educational Psychology, Goal Orientation
