ERIC Number: EJ1256710
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Achievement Goals and Classroom Goal Structures: Do They Need to Match?
Journal of Educational Research, v113 n2 p145-162 2020
It is often assumed that students' personal achievement goals are most beneficial when they match the goal structures of the classroom, but interaction between achievement goals and goal structures is not well researched. In this study, we aim at providing a nuanced picture of the direct, interaction, and nonlinear effects of achievement goals and goal structures on test performance and autonomous motivation. We used multiple linear regressions, including interaction and quadratic terms, in combination with response surface methodology to analyze questionnaire data from students in Grades 6-10. We found no evidence for a general match effect, and only weak indications of interactions between achievement goals and goal structures. Thus, the match between classroom goal structures and students' personal goals may be less important for students' motivation and achievement than previously assumed. Still, based on our results we recommend a focus on mastery structures in the classroom.
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Educational Objectives, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Middle School Students, High School Students, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8; Grade 9; High Schools; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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