with the development of research on educational psychology and foreign language teaching and learning, one of the most controversial concepts in educational psychology might be the issues related to the students’ achievement goal orientations. regarding the goals that students adopt which might influence their academic success and failure, this study was undertaken to determine whether gender a...

The authors propose a theoretical model linking achievement goals and achievement emotions to academic performance. This model was tested in a prospective study with undergraduates (N 213), using exam-specific assessments of both goals and emotions as predictors of exam performance in an introductory-level psychology course. The findings were consistent with the authors’ hypotheses and supporte...

I consider Eccles et al.'s (1983) expectancy-value model of achievement performance and choice from a developmental perspective, by examining how recent research on the development of young children's competence beliefs, expectancies for success, subjective task values, and achievement goals can be incorporated into the model The kinds of change in children's achievement beliefs considered incl...

dear editor i n medical education, setting goals for clinical clerkship is the responsibility of educational groups. taking the students' opinions into account, it is possible to study the efficacy of education in terms of learning and achieving educational goals. (1) in periodontics and restorative departments of shahed and tehran university of medical sciences, it is reported that, achieving ...

A structural equation modelling analysis was used to test the mediating effect of achievement goal factors on the relationship between Egyptian adolescents’ perception of parental involvement and academic achievement. The perception of Parental Involvement Scale and Achievement Goal Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 255 first-year students (135 males and 120 females) enrolled in a h...

As smartphones are emerging as a common device for adolescent, prior studies have provided theoretical and empirical evidence the factors affecting adolescent smartphone use. However, mainstream research has tended to focus on negative effects of smartphone. Even though use can adverse outcomes, it may also allow students engage in flexible mobile learning, gain access important information abo...

The personality construct of geekism is introduced as the tendency to act out one’s need for cognition in the domain of computing technology. Achievement goal theory is introduced, and we ask, what drives geeks in terms of achievement. In a questionnaire study, it is shown that geekism is related to achievement motivation in imagined situations with technology. Need for cognition showed strong ...

During the past three decades, the achievement goal approach to achievement motivation has emerged as an influential area of research, and is dedicated to understanding the reasons behind the individual's drive to achieve competence and performance. However, the current literature on achievement goals is segmented rather than integrated. That is, citations across the three major and distinct ac...