Performance-approach goal effects depend on how they are defined: Meta-analytic evidence from multiple educational outcomes.

C Senko, B Dawson - Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Achievement goal theory originally defined performance-approach goals as striving to
demonstrate competence to outsiders by outperforming peers. The research, however, has …

Epistemic beliefs in science—a systematic integration of evidence from multiple studies

J Schiefer, PA Edelsbrunner, A Bernholt… - Educational Psychology …, 2022 - Springer
Recent research has integrated developmental and dimensional perspectives on epistemic
beliefs by implementing an approach in which profiles of learners' epistemic beliefs are …

Growth, fixed, and mixed mindsets: Mindset system profiles in foreign language learners and their role in engagement and achievement

NM Lou, KE Chaffee, KA Noels - Studies in Second Language …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Language learners' mindsets–their beliefs about whether language is a fixed aptitude that is
immutable or a malleable capacity that can be developed–are associated with achievement …

A meta-analytic review of the relationship between epistemic cognition and academic achievement.

JA Greene, BM Cartiff, RF Duke - Journal of Educational …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Journal of
Educational Psychology on Sep 3 2018 (see record 2018-43394-001). In the article, there is …

Developing and testing a model of direct and indirect relationships between individual differences, processing, and multiple-text comprehension

I Bråten, Ø Anmarkrud, C Brandmo, HI Strømsø - Learning and Instruction, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to test a hypothesized model that specified direct and indirect
linkages between the individual difference variables of epistemic beliefs, need for cognition …

Motivational and self‐regulated learning profiles of students taking a foundational engineering course

KG Nelson, DF Shell, J Husman… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Technical, nonengineering required courses taken at the onset of an
engineering degree provide students a foundation for engineering coursework. Students …

Achievement goals, emotions, learning, and performance: A process model.

J Ranellucci, NC Hall, T Goetz - Motivation Science, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study evaluates the relations between achievement goals, emotions, learning
strategies, and performance as informed by Pekrun's control-value theory of emotions …

Changes in implicit theories of ability in biology and dropout from STEM majors: A latent growth curve approach

T Dai, JG Cromley - Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2014 - Elsevier
This longitudinal study was designed to investigate the associations between changes in
implicit theories of ability in biology and college students' dropout from STEM majors. We …

The pivotal role of effort beliefs in mediating implicit theories of intelligence and achievement goals and academic motivations

DT Tempelaar, B Rienties, B Giesbers… - Social Psychology of …, 2015 - Springer
Empirical studies into meaning systems surrounding implicit theories of intelligence typically
entail two stringent assumptions: that different implicit theories and different effort beliefs …

Conceptual issues and assessment of implicit theories

M Lüftenegger, JA Chen - Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2017 - econtent.hogrefe.com
We reviewed fundamental conceptual issues and the state of research on the definition and
assessment of implicit theories. We grappled with the following controversies related to the …