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A Functional Look at Goal Orientations: Their Role for Self-Estimates of Intelligence and Performance
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Bipp, Tanja; Steinmayr, Ricarda; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Building on the notion that motivation energizes and directs resources in achievement situations, we argue that goal orientations affect perceptions of own intelligence and that the effect of goals on performance is partly mediated by self-estimates of intelligence. Studies 1 (n = 89) and 2 (n = 165) investigated the association of goal…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Psychometrics
Goal Orientations Predict Academic Performance beyond Intelligence and Personality
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Steinmayr, Ricarda; Bipp, Tanja; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Goal orientations are thought to be an important predictor of scholastic achievement. The present paper investigated the joint influence of goal orientations, intelligence, and personality on school performance in a sample of N=520 11th and 12th graders (303 female; mean age M=16.94 years). Intelligence, the Big Five factors of personality…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation
The Importance of Motivation as a Predictor of School Achievement
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Steinmayr, Ricarda; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
The present study examined to which extent different motivational concepts contribute to the prediction of school achievement among adolescent students independently from intelligence. A sample of 342 11th and 12th graders (age M = 16.94; SD = .71) was investigated. Students gave self-reports on domain-specific values, ability self-perceptions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Prediction, Grade 12