This meta-analysis provides an extensive and organized summary of intervention studies in
education that are grounded in motivation theory. We identified 74 published and …

The most surprising and controversial finding in achievement goal research is that
performance goals predict academic achievement more reliably than do mastery goals. This …

The achievement goal construct has been central to the study of achievement motivation for
many decades. Theoretical and empirical work on achievement goals first appeared in the …

Abstract Mastery-approach (MAP) goals, focusing on developing competence and acquiring
task mastery, are posited to be the most optimal, beneficial type of achievement goal for …

This study used achievement goal theory (AGT) in the Spanish second language (L2)
classroom to determine what students' self‐selected goals are and how those goals relate to …

The present research is the first to integrate metamotivation and achievement goals and
comprises two pre-registered experiments examining metamotivational task knowledge …

The purpose of this study is to explore the connection between two goal theories and to
investigate how goals and the goal setting process can have an effect on academic …

The present study employs an interdisciplinary approach that bridges theories from second
language acquisition, education, and psychology, and centers on finding new techniques to …

Abstract Self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000) describes life goals as being intrinsic
goals and extrinsic goals. The intrinsic goals include self-acceptance, affiliation, and …

Motivation has immense significance in human functioning. Self-determination theory
describes motivation as autonomous and controlled types. The objective of this study was to …