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Validation of a Measure of Learning and Performance Goal Orientations

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigated the psychometric properties of an instrument (i.e., the Goals Inventory) that measured learning and performance goal orientations. Test-retest reliability estimates for the learning and performance goal scales were r = .73 and r = .76, respectively. Internal consistency estimates were assessed using Cronbach's alpha. These values were .80 and .75, respectively. Convergent and divergent validity were evaluated by comparing the Goals Inventory to measures of test anxiety, hope, and attributions for success and failure. All the theoretically explicit predictions of Dweck and Leggett's model were supported. Suggestions are made for the use and interpretation of the Goals Inventory's two subscales and for future research.

Source: Educational and Psychological Measurement

DOI: 10.1177/0013164494054004018

Authors: Teresa Debacker Roedel, Gregory Schraw, Barbara S. Plake

Institutions: University of Oklahoma, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Language: English

Topic: Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2008912124

FWCI: 1.246

Cites: 14

Cited by: 121

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