scholarly journals Relationship Between Achievement Goals, Meta-Cognition And Academic Success In Pakistan

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sarwar ◽  
Muhammad Imran Yousuf ◽  
Shafqat Hussain ◽  
Shumaila Noreen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Education Academic ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The research was the replication of the study done by Coutinho (2006) and it aimed at finding the relationship between achievement goals, meta-cognition and academic success. Achievement goals were further divided into two types: mastery and performance. The participants were 119 students enrolled in M. A. Education, Department of Education at the University of Sargodha. The questionnaire used in the original study, along with Urdu translation, was administered to the participants. The questionnaire consisted of three sections measuring mastery goals, performance goals, and meta-cognition, respectively. The academic achievement record was taken from the Office of Department of Education. Academic achievement was taken as marked and obtained at the Matric, Intermediate, Bachelors, and M.A. levels. It was concluded there is no significant correlation between mastery goals and academic achievement. Similarly, there was no significant correlation between performance goals and academic achievement at Matric, Intermediate and Bachelor levels. However, negative correlation was observed between performance goals and achievement at the masters level. The researchers found no significant relationship between meta-cognition and academic achievement at all levels and there were no significant gender differences in mastery goals, performance goals and meta-cognition.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Teachers Leadership Styles and Students Academic Achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 360-366
Author(s):  
Abdur Rashid ◽  
Roohul Amin ◽  
Shabir Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Leadership styles play an important role and position in pedagogical activities and school effectiveness because they play a major role in the learning process. The current study looked at the relationship between teacher leadership styles (including democratic, autocratic, transformational and transactional) and student academic achievement at the university level. Head of the Departments of Social Sciences and Master degree students made up the study population. Twenty-nine Heads of Departments (HODs) and two hundred and six students from five public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtukhawa were selected through simple random and stratified (proportionate) sampling techniques. Data was collected through a questionnaire, the reliability co-efficient of which was 0.72 and 0.82 for HODs and students respectively. The data collected was analyzed using Mean, Standard Deviation and Pearson Correlation. The study results indicate that teacher leadership styles are strongly linked to student academic success

Achievement Goals, Self-Handicapping, and Performance Attainment: A Mediational Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Elliot ◽  
Francois Cury ◽  
James W. Fryer ◽  
Pascal Huguet
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Present Experiment ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Mediational Analysis ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mediational Role ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
The Relationship

The present experiment was designed to examine the mediational role of self-handicapping in the relationship between achievement goals and performance on a sport-based activity (i.e., a basketball dribbling task). The achievement goals of the trichotomous achievement goal framework were manipulated, behavioral and self-reported self-handicapping opportunities were provided, and performance attainment was assessed. Performance-avoidance goals led to worse performance and evoked higher levels of behavioral and self-reported self-handicapping than performance-approach and mastery goals. Both forms of self-handicapping were found to have independent mediational effects on decreased performance. Implications for the adoption of achievement goals and the use of self-handicapping strategies are discussed.

scholarly journals Same mindset, different goals and motivational frameworks: Profiles of mindset-based meaning systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junlin Yu ◽  
Ros McLellan
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Growth Mindset ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Fixed Mindset ◽  
Achievement Data ◽  
Latent Profile Analyses ◽  
Meaning Systems ◽  
And Performance

Growth and fixed mindsets have been linked to distinct effort beliefs, goals, and behaviours, creating a seemingly dichotomous pattern of motivation. Yet, students holding the same mindset are unlikely a homogenous group and may further differ in their motivational patterns. The current study employed a person-centred approach to investigate how mindsets and associated constructs naturally cohered and functioned together to influence student achievement. Data were collected from 535 English students (aged 14-16 years) on mindsets, effort beliefs, achievement goals, perseverance, and self-handicapping, along with their English and maths performance at the end of secondary school. Latent profile analyses revealed four distinct profiles. Across the profiles, students’ mindset co-varied with effort beliefs, mastery goals, perseverance, and self-handicapping, but the relationship between mindsets and performance goals was less straightforward. Two profiles supported the classic growth mindset–mastery goal (Growth-Focused) and fixed mindset–performance goal pairings (Ability-Focused). The other two profiles, however, displayed alternative combinations of mindsets and goals that had not been acknowledged in the past. Specifically, some growth mindset students embraced performance goals alongside mastery goals (Growth-Competitive), and some fixed mindset students did not endorse performance goals (Disengaged). The two growth-oriented profiles consistently performed well, and Growth-Competitive students even outperformed Growth-Focused students in maths. Compared to girls, boys were more often found in Ability-Focused and Disengaged profiles. Overall, the results indicate a nuanced set of relations between mindsets and achievement goals, highlighting the dynamic integration of motivational beliefs and goals within individuals.

Self-Esteem, Achievement Goals, and Self-Handicapping in College Physical Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuosong Chen ◽  
Kaihong Sun ◽  
Kun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aims to investigate the relationships among self-esteem, achievement goals, and self-handicapping and the potential mediating role of achievement goals in the relationship between self-esteem and self-handicapping in college physical education. The participants were 320 Chinese college students. Three validated scales were employed to assess participants’ self-esteem, achievement goals, and self-handicapping in college physical education. Results showed that self-esteem had a negative effect on self-handicapping. Self-esteem had a positive effect on mastery goals, but had a negative effect on performance-avoidance goals. Mastery goals had a negative effect and performance-avoidance goals had a positive effect on self-handicapping. Moreover, mastery goals and performance-avoidance goals partially mediated the relationship between self-esteem and self-handicapping, and self-esteem had both direct and indirect effects on self-handicapping in college physical education. The findings indicate that improving individual’s self-esteem and promoting mastery goals while reducing performance-avoidance goals may be relevant strategies to reduce self-handicapping in college physical education.

Faking the Desire to Learn

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 939-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Dompnier ◽  
Céline Darnon ◽  
Fabrizio Butera
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
First Year ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Standard Format ◽  
Mastery Goal ◽  
The Relationship

Research on achievement goals has demonstrated that mastery goals positively impact achievement-related outcomes, but paradoxically hold an inconsistent relation with academic achievement. We hypothesized that this relationship depends on the reason why students endorse mastery goals—namely, to garner teachers' appreciation (social desirability) or to succeed at university (social utility). First-year psychology students completed a mastery-goal scale in a standard format, with social-desirability instructions and social-utility instructions. Participants' grades on academic exams were recorded later in the semester. Results indicated that students' perceptions of both social desirability and social utility related to mastery goals moderated the relationship between the endorsement of mastery goals and final grades. This relationship was reduced by the increase of perceived social desirability of mastery goals, and strengthened by the increase of perceived social utility of these goals.

scholarly journals The relationship between the academic achievement of computerized tests and traditional tests of Business College students. An empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Rania Al Omari
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Student Gender ◽  
Business College ◽  
Computerized Tests ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The study aims to investigate the relationship between the academic achievement of computerized tests and traditional pen and paper exams of Business College students at the University of Jordan- Aqaba branch as well as relate differences results to students` gender. The study sample comprised 136 students of a compulsory course at the Business Faculty. A computerized mid-term test was held while the final one was traditional. The results of the two tests were compared where the other general factors affecting students` academic achievement, namely ( the same students, course subject, course subject lecturer) were set. The tests marks were sampled as percentage to the test mark so as to delete the denominator difference of marks where the mid-term mark is out of 30 while the final test is out of 50. The SPSS was used to compare the results of the two tests. Results were related to students gender, whether gender-related differences are found. The study concluded that there is no statistical significant relationship between the academic achievement of computerized tests and traditional ones (paper and pen) held at the Business College in The University of Jordan- Aqaba branch. The results also indicated that the academic achievement differences resulting from computerized tests have to do with the student gender variable in favour of male students.

An exploration of the relationship between undergraduate students’ library book borrowing and academic achievement

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakup Çetin ◽  
Vivian Howard
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Circulation Patterns ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Library Book ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This exploratory study examines book circulation patterns among undergraduate university students at an English-language University in Istanbul, Turkey, in order to investigate the relationship between students’ academic achievement and discipline of study, gender and book borrowing habits. Overall, this study supports the important role of the academic library’s print book collection in supporting and contributing to student success and demonstrates a significant positive correlation between undergraduate students’ level of academic achievement and the number of books they borrowed from the university library. This positive correlation was found for students in all faculties and fields of study, but was strongest for students studying qualitative disciplines and was particularly strong for students enrolled in English as a foreign language programmes.

Achievement Motives, Self-Efficacy, Achievement Goals, and Academic Achievement at Multiple Stages of Education: A Longitudinal Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Bjørnebekk ◽  
Åge Diseth ◽  
Robin Ulriksen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Measuring Achievement ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Avoidance Goals

The present study investigated the joint effects of achievement motives, self-efficacy, and achievement goals as predictors of subsequent academic achievement among educational science students. A longitudinal research design allowed for measurement of motivational variables at several stages of education during bachelor courses (subsequent to the introductory courses), firstly by measuring achievement motives, secondly by self-efficacy and achievement goals. Subsequently, students' academic achievement level was measured at four different points in time, until they finished the last course for their bachelor degrees. A multivariate path analysis showed consistent relations between the motivational variables. The motive to avoid failure positively predicted the adoption of avoidance goals (both mastery and performance) and negatively predicted self-efficacy. Academic achievement was mainly predicted by the motive for success and performance-avoidance goals. The path analysis also showed strong relationships between the examination grades at different points in time.

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