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Direct linkBurns, Emma C.; Martin, Andrew J.; Collie, Rebecca J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
There is a well-documented developmental decline in engagement among adolescents throughout secondary school. Given this pattern of engagement poses problems for both student well-being and their academic outcomes, it is important to examine potential strategies to address this decline. As a growth-oriented strategy, personal best (PB) goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Adolescents
Martin, Andrew J.; Burns, Emma C.; Collie, Rebecca J.; Bostwick, Keiko C. P.; Flesken, Anaïd; McCarthy, Ian – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The present investigation examined the role of teachers' instructional support (student reports of relevance, organization and clarity, feedback-feedforward) in predicting students' growth goal setting and, in turn, the roles of instructional support and growth goal setting in predicting students' academic engagement (perseverance, aspirations,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Goal Orientation, Socioeconomic Status, Feedback (Response)
Peer reviewedMartin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W.; Williamson, Alan; Debus, Raymond L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2003
Interviews with university students selected as high or low in either self-handicapping or defensive pessimism identified personal perspectives on the nature of self-handicapping and defensive pessimism, the perceived reasons why they engage in these strategies and the perceived advantages that follow from them, and the extent to which ego goals…
Descriptors: College Students, Defense Mechanisms, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation
