ERIC Number: EJ1221830
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Publication Date: 2019-Jul
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
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The Role of Social-Academic Goals in Chinese Students' Self-Regulated Learning
Wang, Jing; King, Ronnel B.; Rao, Nirmala
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v34 n3 p579-600 Jul 2019
The role of mastery and performance goals in self-regulated learning (SRL) has received much attention. However, in collectivist and Confucian-heritage contexts, social-academic goals may also play an important, yet unexamined role in SRL. This study examined the association between social-academic goals and SRL. We tested a hierarchical model which posited higher-order social-academic goals (social reasons for doing well academically: parent-oriented goals and social status goals) as predictors of lower-order academic achievement goals (specific concrete aims: mastery goals and performance goals), which in turn predicted SRL strategy use. Participants were 11th-grade students from a developed metropolitan area (n = 449) and an underdeveloped rural area (n = 553) in China. Structural equation modeling showed that social status goals were significantly associated with mastery goals and that parent-oriented goals were positively associated with performance-avoidance goals across both groups. Students' social status goals had an indirect effect on SRL strategy use through academic achievement goals, while parent-oriented goals had a direct effect on SRL strategy use. Reasons for the findings and implications for motivating students in collectivist contexts are discussed.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Structural Equation Models, Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Social Status, Learning Strategies, Rural Areas, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Metropolitan Areas, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Parent Aspiration, Confucianism, Correlation, Grade 11, High School Students, Collectivism, Parent Child Relationship, Student Motivation, Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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