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Effects of Achievement Goals on Perceptions of Competence in Conditions of Unfavourable Social Comparisons: The Mastery Goal Advantage Effect
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Kamarova, Sviatlana; Chatzisarantis, Nikos L. D.; Hagger, Martin S.; Lintunen, Taru; Hassandra, Mary; Papaioannou, Athanasios – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Background: Previous prospective studies have documented that mastery-approach goals are adaptive because they facilitate less negative psychological responses to unfavourable social comparisons than performance-approach goals. Aims: This study aimed to confirm this so-called "mastery goal advantage" effect experimentally. Methods: A…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement
Are First Impressions of Unknown Children and Early Adolescents Affected by the Facial Attractiveness of Their Best Friend?
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Zarbatany, Lynne; Marshall, Kiera G. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study assessed the effects of a best friend's facial attractiveness on first impressions of medium-attractive children and early adolescents. Younger (N = 114, 48 boys and 66 girls, M[subscript age] = 8.16 years) and older (N = 168, 83 boys and 85 girls, M[subscript age] = 12.32 years) participants rated photos of unknown medium-attractive…
Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Attraction, Puberty, Children
How Are Task Reflexivity and Intercultural Sensitivity Related to the Academic Performance of MBA Students?
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Lyubovnikova, Joanne; Napiersky, Uwe; Vlachopoulos, Panos – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Higher education in business school environments is increasingly focused on how to best equip students with the skills necessary for leadership in the global workplace. This paper examines the impact of two particularly important cognitive capabilities--task reflexivity and intercultural sensitivity, on academic performance in an MBA programme. It…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Business Administration Education, Academic Achievement, Masters Programs
Motivation and Transfer: The Role of Mastery-Approach Goals in Preparation for Future Learning
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Belenky, Daniel M.; Nokes-Malach, Timothy J. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
The study of knowledge transfer rarely draws upon motivational constructs in empirical work. We investigated how students' achievement goals interact with different forms of instruction to promote "transfer," defined as preparation for future learning (Bransford & Schwartz, 1999) Students were given either invention or tell-and-practice activities…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Role
Anxiety and Depression in Academic Performance: An Exploration of the Mediating Factors of Worry and Working Memory
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Owens, Matthew; Stevenson, Jim; Hadwin, Julie A.; Norgate, Roger – School Psychology International, 2012
Anxiety and depression are linked to lower academic performance. It is proposed that academic performance is reduced in young people with high levels of anxiety or depression as a function of increased test-specific worry that impinges on working memory central executive processes. Participants were typically developing children (12 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Short Term Memory, School Psychology, Depression (Psychology)
A Comparison of Task Analysis, Advance Organizer, and Concept Elaboration Methods in Teaching Concepts and Principles.
Hanclosky, Walter V. – 1986
Two studies were conducted to compare the advance organizer and concept elaboration models of instruction with a task analysis approach. It was hypothesized that the concept elaboration group would achieve significantly higher than either the advance organizer group or the task analysis group on concept learning and principle learning. A pilot…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advance Organizers, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Structures