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American High School Students from Different Ethnic Backgrounds: The Role of Parents and the Classroom in Achievement Motivation
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Kim, Jung-In – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between ethnically diverse US high school students' (N = 331) perceptions of their parents' or classroom's motivating factors and their achievement motivation in their math class, connecting achievement goal orientation and self-determination theories. Two hypothesized path models were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Diversity, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Relationships among Properties of College Students' Self-Set Academic Goals and Academic Achievement
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Acee, Taylor W.; Cho, Yoonjung; Kim, Jung-In; Weinstein, Claire Ellen – Educational Psychology, 2012
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among properties of college students' self-set academic goals and academic achievement, using multiple theoretical perspectives. Using a personal goal-based research methodology, college students enrolled in a learning-to-learn course (N = 130) were asked to list 20 of their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Student Motivation, Research Methodology
The Role of Family Orientation in Predicting Korean Boys' and Girls' Achievement Motivation to Learn Mathematics
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Kim, Jung-In; Chung, Hyewon – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Informed by achievement goal orientation and self-determination theories, we explored the role of cultural/contextual factors on Korean students' achievement motivation. Specifically, we examined the role of the Korean middle school students' family orientation as a mediator between their perceptions of parent goals or motivating styles and their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation
Situating Students' Motivation in Cooperative Learning Contexts: Proposing Different Levels of Goal Orientations
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Kim, Jung-In; Kim, Myoungsook; Svinicki, Marilla D. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
The present studies aimed to reexamine college students' achievement goal orientations by situating their motivation in a cooperative learning context. The authors proposed and validated a scale of 3 levels of trichotomous achievement goal orientations. In Study 1, confirmatory factor analyses supported that, in laboratory cooperative learning…
Descriptors: College Students, Goal Orientation, Motivation, Cooperative Learning