What is the relation between competition and performance? The present research
addresses this important multidisciplinary question by conducting a meta-analysis of existing …

This meta-analytic study estimated the correlations among metacognition, intelligence, and
academic performance. Metacognition is higher order cognition and one of the most …

This study examined the discriminant and criterion-related validity of achievement goals in
predicting academic achievement. Analysis of 151 studies yielded 172 independent …

An important recent development in the achievement goal literature is to define achievement
goals strictly as aims. In this overview, we argue that this restrictive definition of achievement …

The present research uses self-determination theory to examine whether autonomous and
controlled regulation of performance-approach (PAp) goals would differentially predict …

Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) has been applied as a core concept for understanding and
promoting students' motivation in physical education (PE) and shows considerable …

Th ere are 27 students in Ms. Douglas' third-grade classroom, each with his or her own
temperament, learning style, and motivation to engage in academic and social activities. Ms …

In two cross-sectional studies we investigated whether soccer players' well-being (Study 1)
and moral functioning (Studies 1 and 2) is related to performance-approach goals and to the …

OBJECTIVES: Based on the Achievement Goal perspective [Dweck, CS, Leggett, EL (1988).
A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95, 256 …

Nesse artigo, discutiremos como os professores em suas aulas e os diretores, orientadores
educacionais, entre outros profissionais atuantes no nível escolar, podem aumentar a …