Personal Best (PB) Goal Setting and Students' Motivation in Science: A Study of Science Valuing and Aspirations

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Andrew J.; Durksen, Tracy L.; Williamson, Derek; Kiss, Julia; Ginns, Paul
Titel	Personal Best (PB) Goal Setting and Students' Motivation in Science: A Study of Science Valuing and Aspirations
Quelle	In: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 31 (2014) 2, S.85-96 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0816-5122
DOI	10.1017/edp.2014.19
Schlagwörter	Student Motivation; Academic Aspiration; Correlation; Goal Orientation; Achievement Gains; Achievement Need; Pretests Posttests; Elementary Secondary Education; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Science Education; Science Interests; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulische Motivation; Korrelation; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	To build on prior correlational research into personal best (PB) goals and motivational outcomes, an experimental study was conducted to assess the role of PB goal setting in gains (or declines) in students' motivation in science (viz. biology, anatomy, health). The study (comprising N = 71 elementary/primary and secondary school students) applied a pre/post-treatment/control group experimental design to test whether setting a PB learning goal in a self-paced science education program (conducted in a museum context) leads to growth in science valuing and science aspirations. The treatment group (PB goal setting), but not the control group, demonstrated significant growth in science aspirations (but not valuing) between pre- and post-testing. This study provides support for the proposition that PB learning goals are associated with motivational growth in students' lives. Findings also hold implications for museum-based education programs for students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01