Within persons, state mastery goals positively predict enjoyment and negatively predict boredom and anger in the classroom¶
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q2 i? Intraindividual multilevel regression showed state mastery goals were positive predictors of state enjoyment and negative predictors of state anger and boredom during regular lessons. → Goetz 2016
Evidence¶
Goetz 2016¶
Goetz, T., Sticca, F., Pekrun, R., Murayama, K., & Elliot, A. J. (2016). Intraindividual relations between achievement goals and discrete achievement emotions: An experience sampling approach. Learning and Instruction, 41, 115-125. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.10.007
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Intraindividual multilevel regression of ESM state data (1409 assessments nested in 120 students), with subject dummies at Level 1 and sex, age, achievement at Level 2. The article reports "Mastery goals were positive predictors of enjoyment" with the printed unstandardized coefficients and p-values; no standardized effect size is given.
"Mastery goals were positive predictors of enjoyment ( b ¼ 0.22, p < .001), and negative predictors of anger (b ¼/C0 0.12, p < .01) and boredom ( b ¼/C0 0.29, p < .001)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Achievement Emotions — outcome: instruction changes it
- Achievement Goal Orientation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Beyond the hypothesized links, mastery goals also predicted pride, performance-approach goals predicted enjoyment and (weakly) shame, and performance-avoidance goals predicted anger — related
- Between persons, trait mastery goals positively predict enjoyment and negatively predict anger and boredom; performance-approach goals predict pride; performance-avoidance goals predict anxiety and shame — related
- Session-specific performance-approach goals were positively related to students' overall rating and learning and negatively to boredom, while performance-avoidance goals showed the opposite pattern — related
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Within persons, state mastery goals positively predict enjoyment and negatively predict boredom and anger in the classroom |
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Within persons, state mastery goals positively predict enjoyment and negatively predict boredom and anger in the classroom |
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2016 |
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