Mastery-focused environments increase motivation to learn while performance-focused environments detract from it for all but the highest achievers¶
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q2 i? Mastery-focused environments increase student motivation to learn, whereas performance-focused environments can detract from motivation to learn for all but the highest achievers. → Donald E Grant Jr. & Jerell B. Hill 2020
Evidence¶
Donald E Grant Jr. & Jerell B. Hill 2020¶
Donald E Grant Jr. & Jerell B. Hill. (2020). Activating Culturally Empathic Motivation in Diverse Students. Journal of Education and Learning, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v9n5p45
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The article states this contrast in its conclusion, citing Eggen & Kauchak (2013). It is a second-hand assertion with no effect size printed and no new data collected in this article.
"Mastery-focused environments increase student motivation to learn, whereas performance-focused environments can detract from motivation to learn for all but the highest achievers (Eggen & Kauchak, 2013)."
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Mastery-focused environments increase motivation to learn while performance-focused environments detract from it for all but the highest achievers |
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Mastery-focused environments increase motivation to learn while performance-focused environments detract from it for all but the highest achievers |
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