Mastery aims are strongly bound to autonomous reasons and only weakly to controlled reasons¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r1 · q3 · i1–i3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 Mastery aims correlate strongly with autonomous reasons (r = 0.43 pooled; r = 0.60 in unanchored measurement) and weakly with controlled reasons (r = 0.17). → Janke 2024

Evidence¶

Janke 2024¶

Janke, S. (2024). Dynamic or Static Goal Regulation: Implications of Weak and Strong Bonds Between Autonomous/Controlled Reasons and Aims for Achievement Goal Striving. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09968-w

q3 · i3 · review · r3

Meta-analytic pooling of Sommet and Elliot's (2017) three studies, which measured generalized reasons detached from aim items. The pooled "r = 0.60" exceeded the r = 0.43 found in anchored studies, implying roughly 36 percent shared variance between mastery aims and autonomous reasons.

"The mean association between autonomous reasons and mastery aims found in their three studies with 1295 participants reached r = 0.60 (95% CI [0.54, 0.66], Q(2) = 6.08, p = 0.048, I2 = 67.61%)."

Janke 2024 (2)¶

Janke, S. (2024). Dynamic or Static Goal Regulation: Implications of Weak and Strong Bonds Between Autonomous/Controlled Reasons and Aims for Achievement Goal Striving. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09968-w

q3 · i1 · quant-synthesis · r1

Random-effects meta-analysis of five anchored goal-complex studies (n = 1510) pooling mastery-aim/controlled-reason correlations. The printed pooled value was "r = 0.17", far below the corresponding autonomous-reason association.

"The mean association between mastery aims and controlled reasons reaches r = 0.17 (95% CI [0.08, 0.27], k = 5, n = 1510, Q(4) = 14.03, p = 0.007, I2 = 72.02%)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Achievement Goal Orientation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Across goal-complex studies, autonomous reasons are strongly associated with achievement goal aims (pooled r = 0.54) — a broader claim this one bears on
• In studies investigating mastery and performance aims simultaneously, mastery aims show tighter bonds with autonomous than controlled reasons, while performance aims are more equidistant — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Performance aims are ambiguously aligned, tied nearly equally to autonomous and controlled reasons — related
• Autonomous reasons are more prominent than controlled reasons for goal striving regardless of aim type — related