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Folgueiras, Pilar; Palou, Berta – Journal of Moral Education, 2018
Catalan young adults have found themselves as prominent actors in important social, political and economic changes that Catalonia is currently experiencing. How are their life goals related to these events? We explore self-oriented, prosocial and change-oriented life goals and their expected social benefits among 160 Catalan university students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Service Learning, Goal Orientation
Karahan, Berna Ürün – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The aim of this study is to determine the level of achievement goals and teacher engagement of Turkish teachers and the relationship between them if any. Accordingly, the study was conducted with Turkish teachers working in an eastern city and its districts and villages in the school year of 2017-2018. The data were collected using "3x2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Teacher Surveys, Goal Orientation
Lee, Jumi; Turner, Jeannine – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This study investigated the influence of pre-service teachers' (n = 142) perceived endogenous/exogenous instrumentality, goal commitment, and intrinsic/extrinsic motivation on their use of self-regulation strategies (effort regulation, management of time and study environment) for their teacher-education courses. Data were drawn from a customised…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Motivation, Preservice Teacher Education, Multiple Regression Analysis
Sommet, Nicolas; Elliot, Andrew J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
In the present research, we proposed a systematic approach to disentangling the shared and unique variance explained by achievement goals, reasons for goal pursuit, and specific goal-reason combinations (i.e., achievement goal complexes). Four studies using this approach (involving nearly 1,800 participants) led to 3 basic sets of findings. First,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Mastery Learning, Metacognition
Ning, Hoi Kwan – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
The 3 × 2 achievement goal framework comprising task-approach, task-avoidance, self-approach, self-avoidance, other-approach, and other-avoidance goals is the most recent conceptual development in goal orientation research. The purpose of this study was to extend the current literature by investigating the validity of the 3 × 2 Achievement Goal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
Arslan, Serhat; Akcaalan, Mehmet; Yurdakul, Cengiz – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The objective of this investigation is to make a study of the relationship between achievement goals and science motivation. Research data were collected from 295 university students. Achievement goals and science motivation scales were utilized as measure tools. The link between achievement goals orientation and science motivation was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Motivation, Science Education
Lewis, Scott E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
The Achievement Goal Framework describes students' goal orientations as: task-based, focusing on the successful completion of the task; self-based, evaluating performance relative to one's own past performance; or other-based, evaluating performance relative to the performance of others. Goal orientations have been used to explain student success…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Chemistry, Models, Academic Achievement
Ramnarain, Umesh Dewnarain; Ramaila, Sam – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
This study investigated the achievement goals orientation of first year physics students at a South African university. The mixed methods design involved a quantitative survey of 291 students using an achievement goals questionnaire and individual interviews of selected participants. Results showed that the students perceived they have a stronger…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Physics, College Freshmen
Martin Sanz, Noemy; Rodrigo, Inés G.; Izquierdo García, Cristina; Ajenjo Pastrana, Patricia – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Academic performance has always been associated to the evaluation tests results, which are those corresponding to student's IQ, and leaving aside other personal characteristics. Among such characteristics, the importance of emotional intelligence is worth highlighting (management, facilitation, understanding and perception), dimensions associated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Psychology, College Students, Foreign Countries
Vela, Javier C.; Lenz, A. Stephen; Sparrow, Gregory Scott; Gonzalez, Stacey Lee – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2017
Positive psychology is a useful framework to understand Mexican American adolescents' academic experiences. We used a quantitative, predictive design to explore how presence of meaning in life, search for meaning in life, subjective happiness, hope, and family importance influenced 131 Mexican American adolescents' college-going beliefs. We used…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adolescents, College Attendance, Questionnaires
Mahasneh, Ahmad M. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
The primary purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between goal orientation and parenting styles. Participants of the study completed 650 goal orientation and parenting styles questionnaires. Means, standard deviations, regression and correlation analysis were used for data in establishing the dependence of the two variables. Results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Parenting Styles, Correlation
Costley, Jamie; Lange, Christopher – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Semi-formal learning is used to describe learning that is directed towards the goals of a formal learning institution but outside of the learning structure of a specific class. Students studying online may form semi-formal groups to increase their knowledge of the content by interacting with other learners taking the same class. This study of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
Subasi, Münevver; Tas, Yasemin – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
This study aims to investigate coping strategies of middle school students in science classes in relation to students' goal orientations and motivating tasks conducted in the classroom environment. The study was conducted in spring semester of 2015-2016 academic year. Sample of the study consists of 316 middle school students receiving education…
Descriptors: Coping, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Questionnaires
Long, Janna B. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies and student academic performance. Academic performance was measured by final grade (out of 100 points) in courses that were part of the study, and self-regulated learning strategies were assessed by the Motivated Strategies for Learning…
Descriptors: Self Control, Self Management, Academic Achievement, Blended Learning
Ebenehi, Amos Shaibu; Rashid, Abdullah Mat; Bakar, Ab Rahim – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2016
This paper examined predictors of career adaptability skill among higher education students in Nigeria. A sample of 603 higher education students randomly selected from six colleges of education in Nigeria participated in this study. A set of self-reported questionnaire was used for data collection, and multiple linear regression analysis was used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, College Students, Employment Potential