Has Achievement Goal Theory Been Right? A Meta-Analysis of the Relation Between Goal Structures and Personal Achievement Goals

Autor(en)
Lisa Bardach, Sophie Oczlon, Jakob Pietschnig, Marko Lüftenegger
Abstrakt

Achievement goal theory includes both personal motivational features (achievement goals) and contextual features (goal structures). The theory holds that the prevailing goal structures in learning environments (such as the classroom) influence the achievement goals students adopt. This meta-analysis (k = 68, N = 47,975) examined the strength of the relationships between student ratings of goal structures (mastery-approach goal structures, mastery-avoidance goal structures, performance-approach goal structures, and performance-avoidance goal structures) and achievement goals (mastery-approach goals, mastery-avoidance goals, performance-approach goals, and performance-avoidance goals) as well as moderating variables. Results indicated that each achievement goal was most strongly related to its contextual counterpart. Educational level and world region moderated some of the relations, and for most combinations of goal structures and achievement goals, measures framing goal structures as a climate produced higher correlations than measures using the teacher as referent. Challenges and promising routes for future research and theory building are discussed.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Lehrer*innenbildung, Institut für Psychologie der Entwicklung und Bildung
Externe Organisation(en)
University of York
Journal
Journal of Educational Psychology
Band
112
Seiten
1197–1220
Anzahl der Seiten
24
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000419
Publikationsdatum
08-2020
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501013 Motivationspsychologie, 501016 Pädagogische Psychologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/has-achievement-goal-theory-been-right-a-metaanalysis-of-the-relation-between-goal-structures-and-personal-achievement-goals(3bfb3926-7c73-432d-996a-f03f2952478f).html