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Extending Antecedents of Achievement Goals: The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Social-Oriented Achievement Motive and Gender Differences
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Nie, Youyan; Liem, Gregory Arief D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
Underpinned by the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation, the study examined the differential relations of individual-oriented and social-oriented achievement motives to approach and avoidance achievement goals (mastery-approach, performance-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-avoidance). A total of 570 Chinese high school…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Motivation, Goal Orientation, Objectives
Perceived Structure and Achievement Goals as Predictors of Students' Self-Regulated Learning and Affect and the Mediating Role of Competence Need Satisfaction
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Mouratidis, Athanasios; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Michou, Aikaterini; Lens, Willy – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
We investigated the extent to which perceived structure and personal achievement goals could explain students' effective learning strategies and affect-related experiences in a sample of Greek adolescent students (N = 606; 45.4% males; mean age: M = 15.05, SD = 1.43). Having controlled for students' social desirability responses, we used…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Students, Achievement Need, Learning Strategies
How You Think about Your Intelligence Determines How You Feel in School: The Role of Theories of Intelligence on Academic Emotions
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King, Ronnel B.; McInerney, Dennis M.; Watkins, David A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Research on implicit theories of intelligence and academic emotions have proceeded in parallel with little cross-over of ideas. This study aims to examine the potential synergies that may exist between these two strands of research by examining whether implicit theories of intelligence can function as a predictor of academic emotions when situated…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Secondary School Students, Role, Theories
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 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
Implicit Beliefs, Achievement Goals, and Procrastination: A Mediational Analysis
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Howell, Andrew J.; Buro, Karen – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
As a maladaptive behavioural outcome, procrastination should correlate with beliefs about ability and achievement goals that are themselves relatively maladaptive. Accordingly, procrastination should be predicted by entity as opposed to incremental implicit theories (i.e., viewing attributes such as ability as relatively fixed vs. malleable,…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Beliefs, Student Behavior, Undergraduate Students
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