Peers' enjoyment raises students' mastery-approach goals but leaves performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals unchanged¶
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q3 i? Students exposed to peers' enjoyment reported higher mastery-approach goals than those exposed to peers' neutral state and peers' frustration, with no group differences in performance-approach or performance-avoidance goals. → Hu 2024
Evidence¶
Hu 2024¶
Hu, Y., Elliot, A. J., Wouters, P., van der Schaaf, M., Kester, L., & Pekrun, R. (2024). Effects of peers' emotions on students' emotions, achievement goals, mental effort, and performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(7), 1283–1299. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000895
q3 · i? · causal · r2
Results of the randomized experiment (N = 210) evaluated by GORICA in both Analysis A and B: the pattern "ae > 0 = af" held for mastery-approach goals and "ae = 0 = af" for the two performance-based goals. No effect sizes were printed.
"students exposed to peers’ enjoyment reported higher mastery- approach goals (ae > 0 = af) than those exposed to peers’ neutral state and those exposed to peers’ frustration; there were no differences in performance-approach goals, and performance- avoidance goals among groups (ae = 0 = af)"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Achievement Goal Orientation — outcome: instruction changes it
- Achievement Emotions — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Effects of peers' emotions on mastery-avoidance goals are not robust across analyses — related
- Students exposed to peers' enjoyment achieve higher game performance than those exposed to peers' frustration — related
- Students exposed to a peer model's enjoyment report higher positive and lower negative activity emotions than those exposed to the peer's frustration — related
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Peers' enjoyment raises students' mastery-approach goals but leaves performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals unchanged |
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Peers' enjoyment raises students' mastery-approach goals but leaves performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals unchanged |
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2026-10-25 |
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