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Direct linkBipp, Tanja; Steinmayr, Ricarda; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Building on the notion that motivation energizes and directs resources in achievement situations, we argue that goal orientations affect perceptions of own intelligence and that the effect of goals on performance is partly mediated by self-estimates of intelligence. Studies 1 (n = 89) and 2 (n = 165) investigated the association of goal…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Psychometrics
Spinath, Birgit; Eckert, Christine; Steinmayr, Ricarda – Educational Research, 2014
Background: Education is a key variable for reaching individually and socially desired outcomes. Specifically, school grades are important admission criteria for higher education and job positions. Nowadays, in countries committed to equal opportunities, girls obtain better school grades than boys, but the reasons why girls outperform boys are not…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Intelligence, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement
Spinath, Birgit; Steinmayr, Ricarda – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
The present study investigated 3 theoretically plausible explanations for changes in school-related intrinsic motivation. A sample of 348 German 11th-grade students was followed for 1 year. At 2 measurement occasions, students completed self-reports regarding their school-related intrinsic motivation, goal orientations, and competence beliefs. In…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Evidence, Goal Orientation, Role
Steinmayr, Ricarda; Bipp, Tanja; Spinath, Birgit – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Goal orientations are thought to be an important predictor of scholastic achievement. The present paper investigated the joint influence of goal orientations, intelligence, and personality on school performance in a sample of N=520 11th and 12th graders (303 female; mean age M=16.94 years). Intelligence, the Big Five factors of personality…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation
