ERIC Number: EJ1399617
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-0998
EISSN: EISSN-2044-8279
Achievement Goal Profiles and Their Associations with Math Achievement, Self-Efficacy, Anxiety and Instructional Quality: A Single and Multilevel Mixture Study
British Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n4 p1072-1088 2023
Background: There is growing interest in studying the co-occurrence of multiple achievement goals and how different goal profiles relate to educational outcomes. Further, contextual aspects of the classroom have been known to influence the goals students pursue but existing studies remain confined within certain traditions and confounded by methods not well suited for studying classroom climate effects. Aims: This study sought to investigate achievement goal profiles in mathematics and their associations with background covariates (i.e., gender, prior achievement) and correlates at the student-level (i.e., achievement, self-efficacy, anxiety) and class-level (instructional quality dimensions of classroom management, supportive climate, instructional clarity and cognitive activation). Sample: Participants were 3836 Secondary-3 (Grade-9) students from 118 mathematics classes in Singapore. Methods: Achievement goal profiles and their relationships with covariates and student-level correlates were examined with updated procedures of latent profile analysis. Subsequently, multilevel mixture analysis assessed the associations of student-level goal profiles and different class-level dimensions of instructional quality. Results: Four profiles were identified: "Average-All," "Low-All," "High-All" and "High-Approach." These profiles differed across covariates and correlates, with High-Approach students associated with positive outcomes and "High-All" students with math anxiety. Cognitive activation and instructional clarity predicted stronger membership in "High-Approach" profile than "Average-All" and "Low-All," but not "High-All." Conclusion: Certain goal profile patterns were consistent with past studies and supported the fundamental separation of approach and avoidance goals. Less differentiating profiles were associated with undesirable educational outcomes. Instructional quality can be considered as an alternative framework for examining classroom climate effects of achievement goals.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Mathematics Achievement, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Instructional Effectiveness, Objectives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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Data File: URL: https://repository.nie.edu.sg/