Role of Self-Concept of Academic Attainment in Achievement-Related Behaviors

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Midkiff ◽  
Joy Patricia Burke ◽  
Jeanne P. Hunt ◽  
Geraldine Cain Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Academic Attainment ◽  
Performance Outcome ◽  
Academic Task ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Expectancy For Success

Researchers have reported that self-concept serves both as an antecedent and consequence of behavior. Given self-concept's role in achievement-related behavior, we sought clarification of factors influencing children's self-concepts of academic attainment. We examined proposed linkages among self-concept of academic attainment, academic achievement, expectancy for success, and performance outcome within a causal model using path analysis. Subjects were 208 eighth-grade students. Initial self-concept of academic attainment and initial expectancy for success were measured. Students then were given an academic task followed by performance feedback. We subsequently measured postperformance expectancy for success and postperformance self-concept of academic attainment. Students' postperformance self-concepts of academic attainment were influenced primarily by their initial self-concepts of academic attainment and, to a lesser extent, by their academic achievement and performance on an academic task.

A Causal Model of Mathematics Performance in Early Adolescence: The Role of Sex

1989 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Midkiff ◽  
Joy Patricia Burke ◽  
Gerald C. Helmstadter
Keyword(s):  
Causal Model ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Scholastic Aptitude ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Mathematics Examination ◽  
Achievement In Mathematics ◽  
And Performance ◽  
School Records

Using path analysis, the present investigation was done to clarify possible causal linkages among general scholastic aptitude, academic achievement in mathematics, self-concept of ability, and performance on a mathematics examination. Subjects were 122 eighth-grade students who completed a mathematics examination as well as a measure of self-concept of ability. Aptitude and achievement measures were obtained from school records. Analysis showed sex differences in prediction of performance on the mathematics examination. For boys, this performance could be predicted from scholastic aptitude and previous achievement in mathematics. For girls, performance only could be predicted from previous achievement in mathematics. These results indicate that the direction, strength, and magnitude of relations among these variables differed for boys and girls, while mean levels of performance did not.

THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY CORRELATES IN ALLEVIATING STRESS ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS OF STANDARD X

2016 ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Giselle D' Souza
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Purpose Of Education ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Different Dimensions

Test anxiety and distress occupy pivotal positions in students' lives today, because of over emphasis on academic achievement in the modern educational system. The need for high performance in examinations has defeated the very purpose of education. The SSC examination has come to be an exhaustive exercise that makes the students learn by rote rather than comprehension. There are a few who feel completely trapped in their situation and indulge in self-destructive acts like suicide. The present research study attempted at understanding the likely role of personality correlates namely, academic self-concept, self-efficacy and locus of control in alleviating the different dimensions of stress encountered by students of standard X. It revealed a significant relationship between stress and the mentioned variables and could have important implications in helping students of standard X come to terms with their invaluable self-worth in effectively coping with the evil of the present century -stress.

scholarly journals The role of performance feedback consistency in aspiration level adaptation: Evidence from a European grocery retailer

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Burak Cem Konduk
Keyword(s):  
Performance Feedback ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Aspiration Level ◽  
Performance Targets ◽  
Aspiration Levels ◽  
Organizational Attention ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

This study investigates whether and how the impact of drivers of aspiration levels changes across the cases of consistent and inconsistent performance feedback within the context of a retailer. Analysis of internal corporate data shows that while past aspiration level and performance–aspiration gap positively influence the current aspiration level in the case of inconsistent feedback, performance feedback consistency changes only the impact of performance relative to peers. This study replicates past research in a different industry and country due to limited empirical evidence, introduces real-world complexity into aspiration theory, pinpoints performance–aspiration gap as the primary performance feedback, introduces a new sign for the impact of performance relative to peers, and reconciles its previously detected mixed impact. The findings suggest that organizational attention has an inward focus in the case of inconsistent feedback. The results also point out that leaders can trigger change through a performance outcome that lags behind the corresponding aspiration level rather than the performance of peers and eventually move their organizations toward high performance targets by starting with feasible rather than stretch goals.

scholarly journals Dominant Goal Orientations Predict Differences in Academic Achievement during Adolescence through Metacognitive Self-Regulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne Dekker ◽  
Lydia Krabbendam ◽  
Nikki Lee ◽  
Annemarie Boschloo ◽  
Renate De Groot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Learning Behaviour ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Work Avoidance ◽  
And Performance

<p>This study investigated whether academic achievement was predicted by the goal which generally drives a student’s learning behaviour. Secondly, the role of metacognitive self-regulation was examined. The dominant goal orientation was assessed using a new method. 735 adolescents aged 10-19 years read vignettes of students that reflect four goal orientations. Participants indicated which student they resembled most, which revealed their dominant goal orientation. Age, sex and level of parental education were controlled for. Results showed that students with motivation goals of the mastery and performance-approach types obtained higher grades than students characterized by the performance-avoidance and work-avoidance goal type. A mediation analysis showed that goal orientations predicted achievement through the level of metacognitive self-regulation. Intrinsically motivated students showed the best metacognitive self-regulation skills of all students, whereas work-avoidant students had the lowest level of self-regulation skills. The scores of students with performance goals fell in-between. The research showed that the higher grades obtained by performance-approach students, compared to performance-avoidant and work-avoidant students, can partially be explained by their higher levels of metacognitive self-regulation. Thus, goal orientation predicted achievement differences through metacognitive self-regulation skills. This suggests that intrinsic motivation and self-regulation skills should ideally be supported in the classroom. Furthermore, it suggests that teachers could use vignettes to distinguish different types of students in order to identify students who are vulnerable to lower academic achievement.</p>

Early Adolescents’ Attitudes and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-concept

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Alejandro Veas ◽  
Juan-Luis Castejón ◽  
Pablo Miñano ◽  
Raquel Gilar-Corbí
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Mediating Role

Parents' expectations and students' achievement in two western nations

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 594-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus P. Neuenschwander ◽  
Mina Vida ◽  
Jessica L. Garrett ◽  
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Educational Expectations ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
High Predictability ◽  
Role Of Parents

The present study compares the relations of family SES and parents' educational expectations during early adolescence with students' self-concept of ability and academic achievement in mathematics and language in two western countries, Switzerland and USA Participants were drawn from two US longitudinal samples, The Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions (1983) and the Childhood and Beyond study (1990) and a representative sample of Swiss sixth graders (2002). Results from a series of structural equation models indicate a high predictability and stability across nations indicating the broad usefulness of the model for understanding the role of parents' expectations on student's self-concepts and achievement.

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