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An investigation of the effects of school context and sex differences on students' motivational goal orientations. created by Martin Dowson, Dennis M. McInerney and Genevieve F. Nelson

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: An international journal of experimental educational psychology ; Volume 26, number 6,Oxfordshire: Taylor and Francis, 2005Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 0144-3410
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1051 EDU
Online resources: Abstract: It is widely postulated that school context characteristics and sex may influence students' motivational orientations. However, relatively little empirical evidence exists to support this postulate. Hence the present study sought to examine both the individual and interactive effects of school and sex differences on students' motivational goals. Participants were 602 middle school students. The effects of school and sex on three academic and five social goals were examined. Results suggest that school and (to a lesser extent) sex differences, as well as the interaction between the two, significantly influence students' motivational orientations. Results are discussed and interpreted within the framework of motivation psychology.
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It is widely postulated that school context characteristics and sex may influence students' motivational orientations. However, relatively little empirical evidence exists to support this postulate. Hence the present study sought to examine both the individual and interactive effects of school and sex differences on students' motivational goals. Participants were 602 middle school students. The effects of school and sex on three academic and five social goals were examined. Results suggest that school and (to a lesser extent) sex differences, as well as the interaction between the two, significantly influence students' motivational orientations. Results are discussed and interpreted within the framework of motivation psychology.

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