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The role of achievement goals in completing a course assignment: examining the effects of performance‐approach and multiple goals

Chi‐hung Ng Griffith University, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 33-48 | Published online: 23 Jan 2007

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Clarence Ng. (2019) Shifting the focus from motivated learners to motivating distributed environments: a review of 40 years of published motivation research in Distance Education. Distance Education 40:4, pages 469-496.
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Clarence Ng. (2017) Distance learners’ multiple goals, learning and achievement in different learning situations. Distance Education 38:1, pages 37-58.
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Richard Remedios & John T. E. Richardson. (2013) Achievement goals and approaches to studying: evidence from adult learners in distance education. Distance Education 34:3, pages 271-289.
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Huy Phuong Phan. (2010) Students’ academic performance and various cognitive processes of learning: an integrative framework and empirical analysis. Educational Psychology 30:3, pages 297-322.
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Huy Phuong Phan. (2009) Relations between goals, self‐efficacy, critical thinking and deep processing strategies: a path analysis. Educational Psychology 29:7, pages 777-799.
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Chi‐hung Clarence Ng. (2009) Profiling learners’ achievement goals when completing academic essays. Educational Psychology 29:3, pages 279-295.
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Huy Phuong Phan. (2008) Unifying different theories of learning: theoretical framework and empirical evidence. Educational Psychology 28:3, pages 325-340.
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Patricia P. Willems, Alyssa R. Gonzalez-DeHass, Jillian R. Powers & Ann Musgrove. (2021) The role of authentic teaching cases and mastery approach goals in online pre-service teachers’ self-regulated learning. Educational Technology Research and Development 69:2, pages 1003-1023.
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K. Ann Renninger & Suzanne E. HidiMarkku Niemivirta, Antti-Tuomas Pulkka, Anna Tapola & Heta Tuominen. 2019. The Cambridge Handbook of Motivation and Learning. The Cambridge Handbook of Motivation and Learning 566 616 .
Lisette Hornstra, Marieke Majoor & Thea Peetsma. (2017) Achievement goal profiles and developments in effort and achievement in upper elementary school. British Journal of Educational Psychology 87:4, pages 606-629.
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Stephanie Virgine Wormington & Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia. (2016) A New Look at Multiple Goal Pursuit: the Promise of a Person-Centered Approach. Educational Psychology Review 29:3, pages 407-445.
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Rudi Pretorius, Andrea Lombard & Anisa Khotoo. (2016) Adding value to education for sustainability in Africa with inquiry-based approaches in open and distance learning. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 17:2, pages 167-187.
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Chi-hung Clarence Ng. 2016. Reforming Learning and Teaching in Asia-Pacific Universities. Reforming Learning and Teaching in Asia-Pacific Universities 115 134 .
Olusola O. Adesope, Mingming Zhou & John C. Nesbit. (2015) Achievement Goal Orientations and Self-Reported Study Strategies as Predictors of Online Studying Activities. Journal of Educational Computing Research 53:3, pages 436-458.
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Richard Remedios & John T. E. Richardson. (2013) Achievement goals in adult learners: Evidence from distance education. British Journal of Educational Psychology 83:4, pages 664-685.
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Gregory Arief D. Liem, Andrew J. Martin, Amy L. Porter & Susan Colmar. (2012) Sociocultural antecedents of academic motivation and achievement: Role of values and achievement motives in achievement goals and academic performance. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 15:1, pages 1-13.
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Kit-Ling. Lau & John C. K. Lee. (2008) Validation of a Chinese achievement goal orientation questionnaire. British Journal of Educational Psychology 78:2, pages 331-353.
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Tung-hsien He. (2008) Reading for different goals: the interplay of EFL college students' multiple goals, reading strategy use and reading comprehension. Journal of Research in Reading 31:2, pages 224-242.
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