Profiling learners' achievement goals when completing academic essays

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Ng, Chi-hung (Clarence). (2009). Profiling learners' achievement goals when completing academic essays. Educational Psychology.
AuthorsNg, Chi-hung (Clarence)
Abstract

This study explored adult learners’ goal profiles in relation to the completion of a compulsory academic essay. Based on learners’ scores on items assessing mastery, performance‐approach, and work‐avoidance goals, cluster analyses produced three distinct categories of learners: performance‐focused, work‐avoidant, and multiple‐goal learners. These three groups of learners differed in terms of perceptions about the academic essay, self‐belief in completing it, use of strategies, responses to marker feedback, and, most importantly, level of achievement. The results attest to the importance of endorsing multiple goals for completing compulsory academic essays at the tertiary level.

Keywordsmotivation; achievement goals; learning; adult learners
Year2009
JournalEducational Psychology
PublisherRoutledge
Page range279 - 295
Research GroupInstitute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE)
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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