Goal Setting Rigidity as a Function of Anxiety and Task-Ambiguity

Goal-setting as an effective technique for improving performance has been determined but its value in increasing persistence at practicing a task when unlimited practice time and alternative activities are available has yet to be established. 28 subjects were placed in a goal-setting or a control group. They were allowed to make as many attempts as they wanted to learn a complicated photoelectric mirror maze. The group provided with short- and long-term goals persisted longer at the task than the control group.

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Goal setting, conditions of practice, and task performance: A resource allocation perspective.

Journal of Applied Psychology ◽

10.1037/0021-9010.79.6.826 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 79 (6) ◽

pp. 826-835 ◽

Cited By ~ 119

Author(s):

Ruth Kanfer ◽

Phillip L. Ackerman ◽

Todd C. Murtha ◽

Brad Dugdale ◽

Leissa Nelson

Keyword(s):

Resource Allocation ◽

Task Performance ◽

Goal Setting ◽

And Task

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Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey.

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/0003-066x.57.9.705 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 57 (9) ◽

pp. 705-717 ◽

Cited By ~ 2859

Author(s):

Edwin A. Locke ◽

Gary P. Latham

Keyword(s):

Goal Setting ◽

Task Motivation ◽

And Task

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Learner Self-Regulation and Web 2.0 Tools Management in Personal Learning Environment

International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies ◽

10.4018/jwltt.2013010104 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 46-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cherng-Jyh Yen ◽

Chih-Hsiung Tu ◽

Laura E. Sujo-Montes ◽

Shadow W. J. Armfield ◽

Junn-Yih Chan

Keyword(s):

Goal Setting ◽

Time Management ◽

Setting Time ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Sense Of Control ◽

Personal Learning ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Personal Learning Environment ◽

Task Strategies ◽

And Task

Web 2.0 technology integration requires a higher level of self-regulated learning skills to create a Personal Learning Environment (PLE). This study examined each of the four aspects of learner self-regulation in online learning (i.e., environment structuring, goal setting, time management, & task strategies) as the predictor for level of initiative and sense of control with regard to iGoogle gadgets management in PLE. This study has concluded that goal setting, time management, and task strategies in self-regulated learning can predict level of initiative in organizing PLE. Furthermore, goal setting and task strategies can predict sense of control in PLE management.

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