When is a performance-approach goal unhelpful? Performance goal structure, task difficulty as moderators
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DOI: 10.1007/s12564-020-09664-8
Abstract: This study assessed the combined effects of students’ achievement goal orientations (performance-approach goal and mastery-approach goal) and contextual factors (goal structures and task difficulty) on their performance. Researchers first asked 313 junior students about their… read more here.
Keywords: performance; goal structure; task difficulty; goal ... See more keywords
Motivated for teaching? Associations with school goal structure, teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.06.006
Abstract: Abstract We analyzed relations between teachers’ perception of the school goal structure, workload, self-efficacy, emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, and motivation to leave the teaching profession. Participants were 760 Norwegian teachers from grade 1 to 10.… read more here.
Keywords: goal structure; goal; self efficacy; job satisfaction ... See more keywords
Story comprehension in pre-readers: understanding goal structure and generating inferences when a story has competing goals
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DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2017.1408610
Abstract: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore pre-readers’ comprehension of a story with competing character goals. Fifty-eight children in three age groups (2½–3 years; 3–4 years; and 4–5 years) were read a story… read more here.
Keywords: goal; goal structure; story; pre readers ... See more keywords
Dwell times showcase how goal structure informs preschoolers' analysis of unfolding motion patterns.
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13661
Abstract: Using Hard et al.'s (2011) dwell-time paradigm, 85 preschoolers (aged 2.5-4.5; 43 female; primarily from white families) advanced at their own pace through one of three slideshows. All slideshows depicted an actor reaching toward, grasping,… read more here.
Keywords: goal; motion; goal structure; analysis ... See more keywords
Development and Validation of a Dichotomous Classroom Goal Structure Questionnaire Using the TARGET Framework
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DOI: 10.1177/07342829221103180
Abstract: Based on the dichotomous classroom goal structure model and TARGET framework, this study developed and validated a new Dichotomous Classroom Goal Structure Questionnaire (DCGSQ). A total of 339 seventh-grade students in Beijing completed the two-phase… read more here.
Keywords: classroom goal; dichotomous classroom; goal structure;