Achievement Goals in the Classroom: Students' Learning Strategies and Motivation Processes.

Ames, Carole; Archer, Jennifer

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ERIC Number: EJ388054

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Publication Date: 1988

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Achievement Goals in the Classroom: Students' Learning Strategies and Motivation Processes.

Ames, Carole; Archer, Jennifer

Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n3 p260-67 Sep 1988

A study involving 176 secondary school students was undertaken to determine how specific motivational processes are related to the salience of mastery and performance goals in classroom settings. Findings suggest that classroom goal orientation may facilitate maintenance of adaptive motivation patterns when students adopt salient mastery goals. (TJH)

Descriptors: Advanced Students, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Goal Orientation, Mastery Learning, Performance Factors, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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