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ERIC Number: EJ638724
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Psychological Parameters of Students' Social and Work Avoidance Goals: A Qualitative Investigation.
Dowson, Martin; McInerney, Dennis M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n1 p35-42 Mar 2001
Identifies and describes the psychological parameters of middle school students' social and work avoidance goals. Describes in detail the structure of students' work avoidance, social affiliation, social responsibility, and social concern goals. Results suggest that a range of social goal orientations are important and adaptive to students' engagement in learning and their desire to learn. (Contains 48 references and an appendix.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Psychological Studies, Social Influences, Social Responsibility, Student Educational Objectives
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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