This study investigated determinants of active lifestyles in Singaporean university students. Using confirmatory factor analysis, a measure of lay beliefs concerning athletic ability was confirmed. Other results confirmed hypotheses that beliefs reflecting that athletic ability can be developed over time (incremental beliefs) predict an achievement task (self-referenced) orientation, while beli...

This experiment was designed to extend the research by Elliot and Harackiewicz (1996) on the trichotomous achievement goal model in several important ways and to more thoroughly document the processes through which the goals in the trichotomous model influence intrinsic motivation. Results indicated that performance–avoidance goals undermined intrinsic motivation relative to performance–approac...

Many research results convinced that instructional games have positive effects on academic achievement. Game-based learning have aroused attention and interests of educators, parents and game company from all aspects, because of educational potentials which embedded in games; it opened and changed the views towards digital games. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of the activ...

researchers are of the belief that employee voice has favorable effects for both the employee and the organization. however, the effect of employee voice on creativity, and the process through which it influences creativity, has hitherto received little attention. this study aimed at investigating the relationship between perceived employee voice and creativity. employees of three premier dairy...

Objective: Based on Elliot’s revised achievement goal framework [Elliot and McGregor (2001). A 2 2 achievement goal framework. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 501–519], the present study tested the gender invariance of the multiple achievement goal measurement model as well as the hypothesized antecedents and consequences of the multiple achievement goals embedded in a structu...

If games are to be used to reform educational practice then there needs to be a better understanding of how they motivate learners. Previous research on the classic intrinsic vs. extrinsic model of motivation is reviewed. Achievement Goal theory is suggested as a way to further unpack how games can affect motivations to learn, particularly in the use of badge or achievement systems. The Fosteri...

The types of goals that students adopt in educational settings and the conseque:nce:s of those goals an 2 important educational outcomes-performance and intrinsic motivation-are disciussed. In the case of performance, we briefly review and evaluate a large body of fheory and research conducted by other investigators. In particular, we consider the possibility that some commonly accepted conclus...

This longitudinal study examined how academic self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, and participation in an after-school program contributed to the academic achievement of Latino middle school students over the course of one school year. Participants were 47 Latino students in sixth through eighth grades who attended two public middle schools in which an after-school program was held that was sp...

Examining the Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills Training on High School Girls’ Achievement Motivation in Tehran A. Azimi Khoee Sh. Navabinejad, Ph.D. The present study was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of positive thinking skills training on high school girls’ achievement motivation in Tehran. The study was a quasi-experimental one with pretest/pos...