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ERIC Number: EJ389962
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Students' Goal Orientations and Cognitive Engagement in Classroom Activities.
Meece, Judith L.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n4 p514-23 Dec 1988
Structural equation analysis of the cognitive engagement (CE) of 100 fifth and 175 sixth graders in science activities demonstrated that students who placed greater emphasis on task-mastery goals reported more active CE. Students oriented toward social recognition, pleasing the teacher, or avoiding work had a lower level of CE. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Science Activities, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Mediation; Task Orientation
Note: A version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, April 20-24, 1987).