Achievement Goals and Approaches to Studying: Evidence from Adult Learners in Distance Education

Autor/inn/en	Remedios, Richard; Richardson, John T. E.
Titel	Achievement Goals and Approaches to Studying: Evidence from Adult Learners in Distance Education
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 34 (2013) 3, S.271-289 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
DOI	10.1080/01587919.2013.835776
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Adult Students; Online Surveys; Correlation; Study Habits; Academic Achievement; Academic Aspiration; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; Mastery Learning; Psychometrics; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Korrelation; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Schulleistung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Großbritannien
Abstract	Achievement goals predict learning in children and young adults, but it is unclear whether they apply to older adults and how they are related to approaches to studying. An online survey examined achievement goals, approaches to studying and academic attainment in distance learners. The Achievement Goals Questionnaire-Revised and the Approaches to Learning and Studying Inventory were given to 2000 students, yielding 1211 responses. The findings confirmed the 2?×?2 model of mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals in adult distance learners. Mastery goals were positively associated with deep and strategic approaches to studying but negatively associated with a surface approach. Performance goals showed only weak associations with approaches to studying. Performance-approach goals were positively related to attainment, performance-avoidance goals were negatively related to attainment, but mastery goals were unrelated to attainment. The relationship between achievement goals and attainment was partly but not wholly mediated by approaches to studying. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10