Performance Goals and Task Performance

Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 73 - 82
Published: Apr 1, 2017
Abstract
. Recent years have seen an increased interest in understanding how high-stakes evaluative contexts, which are pervasive in the academic arena, may influence crucial outcomes such as performance and achievement. The salience of grades, as well as the importance to distinguish oneself in the eyes of teachers to have access to valued diplomas, encourages the adoption of performance-approach goals (i.e., the desire to outperform others). Consistent...
Paper Details
Title
Performance Goals and Task Performance
Published Date
Apr 1, 2017
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
73 - 82
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