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On the Differentiation of Achievement Goal Orientations in Physical Education: A Rasch Analysis Approach
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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
Does Extrinsic Goal Framing Enhance Extrinsic Goal-Oriented Individuals' Learning and Performance? An Experimental Test of the Match Perspective versus Self-Determination Theory
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Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Timmermans, Tinneke; Lens, Willy; Soenens, Bart; Van den Broeck, Anja – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Previous work within self-determination theory has shown that experimentally framing a learning activity in terms of extrinsic rather than intrinsic goals results in poorer conceptual learning and performance, presumably because extrinsic goal framing detracts attention from the learning activity and is less directly satisfying of basic…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Grade 6