In studies investigating mastery and performance aims simultaneously, mastery aims show tighter bonds with autonomous than controlled reasons, while performance aims are more equidistant¶

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q3 i3 Across five simultaneous-investigation studies (1832 participants), mastery aims correlated r = 0.57 with autonomous reasons versus r = 0.18 with controlled reasons; performance-aim associations were more equidistant (r = 0.43 autonomous; r = 0.34 controlled). → 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

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Scoping meta-analytic pooling of the five studies (1832 participants) that measured mastery and performance aims simultaneously, printed in Table 3. Mastery aims showed "tighter associations" with autonomous reasons (r = 0.57) than controlled reasons (r = 0.18); performance-aim associations were more equidistant (r = 0.43 vs. r = 0.34).

"A scoping meta-analytic inspection over the five studies with 1832 participants once again shows tighter associations between mastery aims and autonomous reasons (r = 0.57, 95% CI [0.41, 0.73], Q(4) = 67.98, p < 0.001, I2 = 96.59%) then with controlled reasons ( r = 0.18, 95% CI [0.03, 0.32], Q(4) = 31.78, p < 0.001, I2 = 89.88%)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• Autonomous reasons are more prominent than controlled reasons for goal striving regardless of aim type — reports the opposite
• Across goal-complex studies, autonomous reasons are strongly associated with achievement goal aims (pooled r = 0.54) — a broader claim this one bears on
• Mastery aims are strongly bound to autonomous reasons and only weakly to controlled reasons — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Performance aims are ambiguously aligned, tied nearly equally to autonomous and controlled reasons — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)