The Role of Goal Importance in Predicting University Students' High Academic Performance

Autor/inn/en	Kyle, Vanessa A.; White, Katherine M.; Hyde, Melissa K.; Occhipinti, Stefano
Titel	The Role of Goal Importance in Predicting University Students' High Academic Performance
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 14 (2014), S.17-28 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1446-5442
Schlagwörter	Role; Goal Orientation; Academic Achievement; Prediction; Intention; Grades (Scholastic); Psychology; Regression (Statistics); Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Likert Scales; Semantic Differential; Questionnaires; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rollen; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schulleistung; Vorhersage; Notenspiegel; Psychologie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Likert-Skala; Fragebogen; Australien
Abstract	We examined goal importance, focusing on high, but not exclusive priority goals, in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to predict students' academic performance. At the beginning of semester, students in a psychology subject (N = 197) completed TPB and goal importance items for achieving a high grade. Regression analyses revealed partial support for the TPB. Perceived behavioural control, but not attitude or subjective norm, significantly predicted intention, with intention predicting final grade. Goal importance significantly predicted intention, but not final grade, indicating that perceiving a performance goal as highly, but not necessarily exclusively, important impacts on students' achievement intentions. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: ajedp@newcastle.edu.au; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10