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Direct linkMichou, Aikaterini; Mouratidis, Athanasios; Lens, Willy; Vansteenkiste, Maarten – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
In this correlational research, we investigated to what extent achievement goals, in conjunction with need for achievement and fear of failure as well as perceived classroom goal structures, are related to learning strategies among upper elementary school students. After taking into account students' tendency to respond in a socially desirable…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Failure, Achievement Need, Learning Strategies
Mouratidis, Athanasios; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Lens, Willy; Michou, Aikaterini; Soenens, Bart – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Grounded in self-determination theory, this longitudinal study examined the academic correlates of middle and high school students' (N = 923; 33.4% male) intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations (i.e., life goals) and the type of aspirations that they perceive their parents to promote to them. Person-centered analysis revealed 3 meaningful groups: a…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Middle School Students
Mouratidis, Athanasios; Lens, Willy; Sideridis, Georgios D. – Educational Psychology, 2010
In two cross-sectional studies, we investigated to what extent elementary (Study 1) and middle school (Study 2) students pursue similar, yet distinct, mastery-related and performance-related goals in physical education. We found that students were more likely to endorse outcome goals in conjunction with mastery-related goals and ability goals in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Need
Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Simons, Joke; Lens, Willy; Soenens, Bart; Matos, Lennia; Lacante, Marlies – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
According to expectancy-value theories, increasing the utility value of a learning activity should result in higher motivation and better learning. In contrast, self-determination theory posits that the content of the future goals (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) that enhance the utility value of the learning activity needs to be considered as well.…
Descriptors: Persistence, Student Motivation, Goal Orientation, Student Educational Objectives
