What are the relationships between college students’ goal orientations and learning strategies?
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Takashiro, Naomi
Abstract / Description
Few studies have been done to examine the relationships between students’ goal orientations (or achievement motivation) and their learning strategies with case studies. This study examined how five educational psychology students’ goal orientations would influence their learning strategies with a semi-structured interview method. The results showed that all students who used complex, multidimensional goal orientations also used versatile learning strategies depending on their specific needs in class. The findings showed that some exhibited goal orientations (mastery/performance) and other unusual goal orientations, were inconsistent with the extant literature. These dimensions were not clear-cut as in other quantitative methods. With regards to learning strategies, the common learning strategies were seeking help and rehearsal learning strategies. Students altered their learning strategies to their perceived optimal learning strategies based on their learning experiences in the past. The implication for classroom practice was that instructors could incorporate different tasks and assignments in order to motivate, encourage students’ use of multiple learning strategies and goal orientations.
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goal orientations learning strategies college students case studiesPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-10-28
Journal title
Psychological Thought
Volume
9
Issue
2
Page numbers
169–183
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Takashiro, N. (2016). What are the relationships between college students’ goal orientations and learning strategies? Psychological Thought, 9(2), 169–183. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v9i2.169
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Takashiro, Naomi
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Date of first publication2016-10-28
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Abstract / DescriptionFew studies have been done to examine the relationships between students’ goal orientations (or achievement motivation) and their learning strategies with case studies. This study examined how five educational psychology students’ goal orientations would influence their learning strategies with a semi-structured interview method. The results showed that all students who used complex, multidimensional goal orientations also used versatile learning strategies depending on their specific needs in class. The findings showed that some exhibited goal orientations (mastery/performance) and other unusual goal orientations, were inconsistent with the extant literature. These dimensions were not clear-cut as in other quantitative methods. With regards to learning strategies, the common learning strategies were seeking help and rehearsal learning strategies. Students altered their learning strategies to their perceived optimal learning strategies based on their learning experiences in the past. The implication for classroom practice was that instructors could incorporate different tasks and assignments in order to motivate, encourage students’ use of multiple learning strategies and goal orientations.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationTakashiro, N. (2016). What are the relationships between college students’ goal orientations and learning strategies? Psychological Thought, 9(2), 169–183. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v9i2.169en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1619
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1985
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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.v9i2.169
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Keyword(s)goal orientationsen_US
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Keyword(s)learning strategiesen_US
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Keyword(s)college studentsen_US
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Keyword(s)case studiesen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleWhat are the relationships between college students’ goal orientations and learning strategies?en_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers169–183
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Volume9
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