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Nolen, Susan Bobbitt – 1987
The relationship between goal orientation and the use of learning strategies and their effects on learning outcomes were investigated. The three goal orientations considered were: (1) task orientation, which involves learning for its own sake; (2) ego orientation, which involves a desire to perform better than others; and (3) work avoidance, which…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Goal Orientation, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Download full textNolen, Susan Bobbitt; Haladyna, Thomas M. – 1989
This paper describes a model of the influence of personal and environmental factors on students' valuing of two deep-processing strategies for studying expository texts. In the model, task orientation (a form of intrinsic motivation in which learning and understanding are the major goals) interacts with perceptions of the teacher's goals to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Objectives, High Schools, Learning Motivation
