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Goal orientations refer to the reasons or purposes for engaging in learning activities and explain individuals’ different ways of approaching and responding to achievement situations (Ames & Archer, 1988; Meece, Anderman, & Anderman, 2006). The two most basic goal orientations are mastery and performance goals (Ames & Archer, 1988).
Aligning personal goals with learning aims boosts motivation and leads to better results. In short, goal orientation is essential in making environments that support ongoing learning, achieving great things, and keeping up a love for personal growth and motivation.
Goal orientation, or achievement orientation, is an "individual disposition towards developing or validating one's ability in achievement settings". [1] In general, an individual can be said to be mastery or performance oriented, based on whether one's goal is to develop one's ability or to demonstrate one's ability, respectively. [2]
Learn about goal orientation theory, the multiple goals dilemma, educational outcomes of goals, mastery vs. performance goals, and how goals affect student motivation and behavior.
22 wrz 2006 · Performance-oriented students focus on managing the impression that others have of their ability: attempting to create an impression of high ability and avoid creating an impression of low ability (Dweck, 1986). Often, this is done through comparison with others’ ability (Nicholls, 1984).
In this chapter, we describe the principles of a person-oriented approach to studying individual differences (and similarities), and how it can be applied to the study of students’ achievement goal orientations.
14 gru 2021 · According to Achievement Goal Theory, achievement goals are future-oriented and are viewed as cognitive representations of desired outcomes (Hulleman et al., 2010). These internal goals direct behavior in specific ways that differ through how competence is conceptualized by the individual.
