The present study examined the effect of achievement goals on metacognitive judgments, such as judgments of learning (JOLs) and metacomprehension judgments, and actual recall performance. We conducted five experiments manipulating the instruction of achievement goals. In each experiment, participants were instructed to adopt mastery-approach goals (i.e., develop their own mental ability through...

Researchers have suggested that self-efficacy and goal orientation are context specific variables, however, few research have addressed these variables in technology-enhanced learning environments. This study examined changes in 549 middle school students’ goal orientation, self-efficacy, and science knowledge after engaging in science learning in a technology-rich environment. Also explored wa...

the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sport orientation and competitive anxiety in male and female athletes of team and individual sports who participated in 10th student sport olympiad (1389). the present study was descriptive and correlation method was used. for this purpose, 688 subjects (337 females and 351 males) were selected as the sample by simple random samp...

The present study examined how achievement goals affect retrieval-induced forgetting. Researchers have suggested that mastery-approach goals (i.e., developing one's own competence) promote a relational encoding, whereas performance-approach goals (i.e., demonstrating one's ability in comparison with others) promote item-specific encoding. These different encoding processes may affect the degree...

The present research used correlational and experimental methods and two well-established social comparison paradigms to integrate and extend prior research from the achievement goal and social comparison literatures. In Study 1, a general disposition to engage in social comparison was positively correlated with each type of goal in the 2 × 2 model of achievement goals, suggesting that the desi...

The current study investigated how students' digital engagement (i.e., learning preference, wish for schoolwork, and schoolwork sleep impairment related to Internet use) is their achievement goal orientation profiles from Grades 8 9. sample included 1482 Finnish students (15–16 years old, 53% female) 26 schools. Students’ orientations were assessed with self-reported questionnaires. Latent prof...

Surgical residents undergo numerous summative and formative assessments throughout training. However, it is unknown how perceptions of assessment intention use impact trainee motivation subsequent performance outcomes. We goal orientation theory to explore resident perception type influences levels. conducted a prospective cohort study general surgery residents’ motivation, with completing an e...