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Patrick, Helen; Kaplan, Avi; Ryan, Allison M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In a series of 4 studies we investigated the relations of mastery goal structure and 4 dimensions of the classroom social climate (teacher academic support, teacher emotional support, classroom mutual respect, task-related interaction). We conducted multidimensional scaling with separate adolescent samples that differed considerably (i.e., by…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Multidimensional Scaling, Factor Analysis, Social Environment
Kaplan, Avi; Maehr, Martin L. – 2002
Noting that adolescents' academic achievement depends, to a large degree, on adolescents' motivation, this chapter takes an achievement goal theory perspective to show how the manner in which adolescents adopt differing achievement goal orientations provides a framework for understanding the processes that contribute to their adoption of adaptive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents