Multiple goals, multiple pathways: The role of goal orientation in learning and achievement.
2000/09/01 by Paul R. Pintrich · 2,165 citations
Psychology · #Academic achievement #Cognitive psychology #Education, Achievement, and Giftedness #Goal orientation #Goal setting #Goal theory #Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #Mastery learning #Mathematics education #Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports #Orientation (vector space) #Psychology #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1037/0022-0663.92.3.544
published in Journal of Educational Psychology 92(3), 544-555 (American Psychological Association)
openalex publication_date 2000/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Abstract
Mastery goals have been linked to adaptive outcomes in normative goal theory and research; performance goals, to less adaptive outcomes. In contrast, approach performance goals may be adaptive for some outcomes under a revised goal theory perspective. The current study addresses the role of multiple
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