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Pfeffer-Lachs, Carole F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to assess the goal intent and achievement of university students, during the Fall 2011 semester, at Blue Wave University, a high research activity public institution in the southeast United States. This study merged theories of motivation to measure goal setting and goal attainment to examine if students who chose to…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Intention, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Fawson, Parker C.; Reutzel, D. Ray; Read, Sylvia; Smith, John A.; Moore, Sharon A. – Reading Psychology, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of four incentive paths on third graders' reading vocabulary and comprehension achievement and recreational and academic reading attitude. One hundred and twenty third-grade students were assigned to one of four incentive path treatment conditions. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Context Effect, Intention, Recreational Reading