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Judging Students' Achievement Goal Orientations: Are Teacher Ratings Accurate?
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Dicke, Anna-Lena; Ludtke, Oliver; Trautwein, Ulrich; Nagy, Gabriel; Nagy, Nicole – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Using the theoretical framework of achievement goal theory, this study investigated the accuracy of teachers' judgments of their students' motivation. Self-report data were gathered on the mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals of 1140 German secondary school students (mean age = 14.24) in five academic subjects (English,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Teaching Experience
Prevention of Self-Handicapping--The Protective Function of Mastery Goals
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Schwinger, Malte; Stiensmeier-Pelster, Joachim – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Drawing on modern diathesis-stress theories which suggest a multiplicative approach to determine one's personal vulnerability status, we posit that the degree of an individual's vulnerability for using self-handicapping strategies in case of self-threatening events depends on the interaction between different vulnerability and protective factors.…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Achievement Need, Educational Practices, Fear