ERIC Number: EJ1470837
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-0998
EISSN: EISSN-2044-8279
Available Date: 2025-01-28
Exploring the Congruence between Perceived Parent-Teacher Achievement Goals and Student Academic Outcomes: A Study Using Polynomial Regression with Response Surface Analysis
Ningning Zhao1; Diya Dou2; Xiaohan Chen3; Fumei Chen3; Rui Luo4; Xiaoqin Zhu2; Guo-Xing Xiang5
British Journal of Educational Psychology, v95 n2 p603-626 2025
Background: The achievement goals set by parents and teachers play a crucial role in shaping students' personal goal orientation and academic performance. Previous studies have revealed discrepancies between achievement goals set by parents and teachers. However, limited research has examined how the congruence of perceived parents' and teachers' achievement goals is associated with students' academic performance. Aims: The current study sought to investigate the impact of congruence and discrepancy between students' perceptions of teachers' and parents' achievement goals, including mastery goals and performance goals, on students' academic performance in mathematics and language. Sample and Methods: Data were collected from a sample of 4944 Chinese students from Grades 3 to 8 using self-reported questionnaires. Polynomial regression with response surface analyses were employed to analyse the data. Results: The results indicated that students' performance in both mathematics and language improved when congruence levels were high in perceived teachers' and parents' mastery goals. Conversely, the congruence level between perceptions of teachers' and parents' performance goals was only related to students' mathematics performance. Conclusions: The findings underscore the significance of congruence between perceived teachers' and parents' achievement goals in influencing students' academic performance.
Descriptors: Parent Aspiration, Teacher Expectations of Students, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Congruence (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; 2Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China; 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; 4State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; 5Department of Psychology, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR, China