Event Title
Children's Endorsement of Mastery Goals Predicts Their Academic Competence
Location
King Building 343
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-29-2016 4:00 PM
End Date
4-29-2016 5:15 PM
Abstract
Children’s academic motivation has implications for current and future scholastic performance. Students who espouse mastery goals focus on the process of learning, whereas students who espouse performance goals focus on how they appear to others. In the present study, students who endorsed mastery goals were more academically competent than students who endorsed multiple goals. This finding speaks to the unresolved scholarly debate between the mastery and multiple-goal perspectives. It contributes to an understanding of the patterns and development of children’s academic strivings, thereby helping concerned adults facilitate age-appropriate learning environments that foster children’s optimal development.
Recommended Citation
Oddleifson, Carly, "Children's Endorsement of Mastery Goals Predicts Their Academic Competence" (04/29/16). Senior Symposium. 38.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2016/presentations/38
Major
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Nancy Darling, Psychology
Project Mentor(s)
Travis Wilson, Psychology
April 2016
Children's Endorsement of Mastery Goals Predicts Their Academic Competence
King Building 343
Children’s academic motivation has implications for current and future scholastic performance. Students who espouse mastery goals focus on the process of learning, whereas students who espouse performance goals focus on how they appear to others. In the present study, students who endorsed mastery goals were more academically competent than students who endorsed multiple goals. This finding speaks to the unresolved scholarly debate between the mastery and multiple-goal perspectives. It contributes to an understanding of the patterns and development of children’s academic strivings, thereby helping concerned adults facilitate age-appropriate learning environments that foster children’s optimal development.
Notes
Session III, Panel 17 - Meditations on Motivation, Mastery, and Memory
Moderator: Cindy Frantz, Associate Professor of Psychology