Goal Orientation of Adult Students Towards Learning Strategies: The Malaysian Context
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Ong, Choon Hee
Abstract / Description
The purpose of this study is to identify the goal orientation of adult students in the Malaysian context. The finding of this study shows that mastery goal orientation registered the highest mean among the adult students. Therefore, the adult students were found to have adopted mastery goal orientation in their learning process. The analysis of t-Test and One-Way ANOVA indicates that there were no significant group differences in the mean scores of mastery goal orientation among gender, age group and years of experience of the respondents. In addition, this study also attempts to offer the higher education institutions to understand the students’ learning strategies by knowing their goal orientation. It provides information on how deep learning strategies can be integrated with mastery goal orientation so that they are in line to produce better learning outcomes. It is recommended in this study that deep learning methods such as flexible learning and problem-based learning can be used to encourage students to take greater responsibilities for their learning outcomes. In this respect, they will be able to interact with the facilitator on the course material in a more practical and analytical manner. In terms of future research, this study provides validated measures of goal orientation which can be used by future researchers in the similar research setting.
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adult students learning strategies mastery goal orientation performance-approach goal orientation performance-avoidance goal orientationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-10-22
Journal title
Psychological Thought
Volume
7
Issue
2
Page numbers
156–167
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Ong, C. H. (2014). Goal Orientation of Adult Students Towards Learning Strategies: The Malaysian Context. Psychological Thought, 7(2), 156–167. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v7i2.114
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ong, Choon Hee
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Date of first publication2014-10-22
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Abstract / DescriptionThe purpose of this study is to identify the goal orientation of adult students in the Malaysian context. The finding of this study shows that mastery goal orientation registered the highest mean among the adult students. Therefore, the adult students were found to have adopted mastery goal orientation in their learning process. The analysis of t-Test and One-Way ANOVA indicates that there were no significant group differences in the mean scores of mastery goal orientation among gender, age group and years of experience of the respondents. In addition, this study also attempts to offer the higher education institutions to understand the students’ learning strategies by knowing their goal orientation. It provides information on how deep learning strategies can be integrated with mastery goal orientation so that they are in line to produce better learning outcomes. It is recommended in this study that deep learning methods such as flexible learning and problem-based learning can be used to encourage students to take greater responsibilities for their learning outcomes. In this respect, they will be able to interact with the facilitator on the course material in a more practical and analytical manner. In terms of future research, this study provides validated measures of goal orientation which can be used by future researchers in the similar research setting.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationOng, C. H. (2014). Goal Orientation of Adult Students Towards Learning Strategies: The Malaysian Context. Psychological Thought, 7(2), 156–167. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v7i2.114en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1588
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1954
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v7i2.114
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Keyword(s)adult studentsen_US
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Keyword(s)learning strategiesen_US
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Keyword(s)mastery goal orientationen_US
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Keyword(s)performance-approach goal orientationen_US
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Keyword(s)performance-avoidance goal orientationen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleGoal Orientation of Adult Students Towards Learning Strategies: The Malaysian Contexten_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers156–167
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Volume7
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