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Predicting Singapore Students' Achievement Goals in Their English Study: Self-Construal and Classroom Goal Structure
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Luo, Wenshu; Hogan, David; Paris, Scott G. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study examined the role of self-construal and classroom goal structure in predicting Singapore secondary students' achievement goals in their English study. Students from 104 classes were administered surveys of achievement goals, classroom goal structure, English self-concept, and self-construal. The results of two-level hierarchical linear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives
Learning Processes of Students in Pre-Vocational Secondary Education: Relations between Goal Orientations, Information Processing Strategies and Development of Conceptual Knowledge
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Koopman, Maaike; Den Brok, Perry; Beijaard, Douwe; Teune, Peter – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate relations between goal orientations, information processing strategies and development of conceptual knowledge of pre-vocational secondary education students (n = 719; 14 schools). Students' preferences for certain types of goals and information processing strategies were examined using questionnaires.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Secondary School Students, Prevocational Education, Goal Orientation
Perceived Fear Appeals and Examination Performance: Facilitating or Debilitating Outcomes?
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Putwain, Dave; Symes, Wendy – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study examines whether students' perception of classroom fear appeals concerning a forthcoming high-stakes examination are associated with facilitating or debilitating performance outcomes. Self-report data were collected for perceived fear appeals, test anxiety and achievement goals from a sample of 273 students in their final year of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Fear, Test Anxiety, High Stakes Tests
The Role of Goal Orientations and Goal Structures in Explaining Classroom Social and Affective Characteristics
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Polychroni, Fotini; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Sideridis, Georgios – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Examining motivational variables may prove to be particularly fruitful towards our understanding of classroom processes, student behaviors and school outcomes. The present study examined the role of personal and contextual goals (goals and goal structures) towards explaining social relationships (peer, teacher-student and home-school). 1493 fifth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Student Motivation, Educational Practices