Learning and performance goal orientations are highly positively correlated and not mutually exclusive in adults¶
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q2 i3 Dispositional learning goals and performance goals were highly correlated (r = .66, p<.01). → Hastings 2011
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Hastings 2011¶
Hastings, E. C., & West, R. L. (2011). Goal orientation and self-efficacy in relation to memory in adulthood. Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 18(4), 471-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2011.575926
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Inter-correlation in the pooled sample, consistent with prior college-student findings that both goal types can be held simultaneously. Age was not related to holding either goal orientation.
"Dispositional learning goals and performance goals were highly correlated (r=.66, p<.01), suggesting that such goals are not mutually exclusive."
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Related Claims¶
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- Dispositional performance goals negatively predict memory self-efficacy in younger and older adults — related
- Mastery goals correlate positively (r = .17) and performance-avoidance goals negatively (r = −.17) with mathematics achievement, while performance-approach goals barely do — related
- Entity theory correlates positively with performance goal orientation and incremental theory with learning goal orientation among student teachers — related
- Age negatively and education positively predict memory self-efficacy, and age negatively predicts memory performance — related
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- Implicit theories of ability predict achievement goals, with performance goals mediating or suppressing entity theory effects on math performance — related
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Learning and performance goal orientations are highly positively correlated and not mutually exclusive in adults |
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Learning and performance goal orientations are highly positively correlated and not mutually exclusive in adults |
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