Mastery-approach goals are positively related to time management, while performance-approach relations are inconsistent and performance-avoidance goals show no association¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2–r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Research generally supports a positive connection between mastery-approach goals and time management. → Christopher A. Wolters 2025 q2 i? Performance-approach goals show both positive and null relations with time management, and performance-avoidance goals show no association. → Christopher A. Wolters 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Christopher A. Wolters 2025¶

Christopher A. Wolters, Anna C. Brady, Hyun Ji Lee. (2025). Time Management and Achievement Motivation: A Review of What We Know and Directions for Where to Go. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10032-4

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports Won et al.'s structural model with US college students in which mastery goals positively predicted self-reported time management (β = 0.27). Corroborating studies include Ranellucci et al. (rs = 0.43, 0.40) and Zhou and Wang (r = 0.74 for mastery-approach).

"These researchers found that US college students' (N = 385) reported focus on mastery goals was positively correlated (r = 0.39) and a positive predictor (β = 0.27) of their self-reported level of time management in a structural model."

Christopher A. Wolters 2025 (2)¶

Christopher A. Wolters, Anna C. Brady, Hyun Ji Lee. (2025). Time Management and Achievement Motivation: A Review of What We Know and Directions for Where to Go. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10032-4

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review's summary of the small achievement-goal literature reports inconsistent performance-approach findings (e.g., r = 0.15 in one study, positive correlations in others) and null performance-avoidance relations across studies. No two researchers used the same measures of goals or time management.

"The relation between performance-approach goals and time management has been less consistent with both positive and null relations reported, whereas the adoption of performance-avoidance goals has not been associated with decreased time management as models of SRL might typically predict."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

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