Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 618-624.

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The Effects of Classroom Goal Orientations on Feelings of Academic Success

YANG Xiu-jun   

  1. School of Social Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444
  • Online:2012-11-15 Published:2012-11-15

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Abstract: Under the guidance of achievement goal theories,the causal effects of different classroom goal orientations on students'feelings of academic success were assessed in a randomized experiment involving 170 students in Grade 8.With different goal orientations,we created different classroom goal contexts(mastery, performance-approach,combined mastery/performance-approach)in mathematics classrooms.Study revealed:It's manipulable and significant for us to create different classroom goal contexts.Significant differences favored tutored students.All the three experimental groups exhibited significantly higher posttest scores than pretest,as well as higher posttest scores than the control groups'.The experimental research proved that the three classroom goal conditions had significant effects on students'feelings of academic success.Overall,there was a greater support for the multiple goal perspective in comparison to the traditional perspective.

Key words: classroom goal orientations, multiple goal perspectives, feelings of academic success

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  • G441
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