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Direct linkDobronyi, Christopher R.; Oreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
This article presents an independent large-scale experimental evaluation of two online goal-setting interventions. Both interventions are based on promising findings from the field of social psychology. Approximately 1,400 first-year undergraduate students at a large Canadian university were randomly assigned to complete one of two online…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Intervention, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Students
