Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education

Research has shown the importance of goal orientation in predicting academic performance for children, adolescents, and college students in traditional educational settings. Studies on this relationship within adult distance education, however, are lacking. To fill this gap, the present study was co...

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Autores principales:	Joyce Neroni, Celeste Meijs, Ruslan Leontjevas, Paul A. Kirschner, Renate H.M. De Groot
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2018
Materias:	ALOUD study adult distance students achievement goal questionnaire AGQ work avoidance mixed model analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/c2eb26bdbe81468380f1fddf42e116bd
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c2eb26bdbe81468380f1fddf42e116bd2021-12-02T19:20:53ZGoal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education10.19173/irrodl.v19i2.34401492-3831https://doaj.org/article/c2eb26bdbe81468380f1fddf42e116bd2018-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3440https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Research has shown the importance of goal orientation in predicting academic performance for children, adolescents, and college students in traditional educational settings. Studies on this relationship within adult distance education, however, are lacking. To fill this gap, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between goal orientation and academic performance in adult distance learners. A sample of N = 1128 distance university students (age 18-75 years) filled out an online questionnaire. Their exam grades were collected from the files of the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL). A mixed model regression showed performance approach goal orientation to be a positive predictor of academic performance, whereas performance avoidance and work avoidance were negative predictors of academic performance. Non-significant results were found for mastery approach as well as for mastery avoidance. Implications of these results are discussed. Joyce NeroniCeleste MeijsRuslan LeontjevasPaul A. KirschnerRenate H.M. De GrootAthabasca University PressarticleALOUD studyadult distance studentsachievement goal questionnaireAGQwork avoidancemixed model analysisSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2018)
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spellingShingle	ALOUD study adult distance students achievement goal questionnaire AGQ work avoidance mixed model analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Joyce Neroni Celeste Meijs Ruslan Leontjevas Paul A. Kirschner Renate H.M. De Groot Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education
description	Research has shown the importance of goal orientation in predicting academic performance for children, adolescents, and college students in traditional educational settings. Studies on this relationship within adult distance education, however, are lacking. To fill this gap, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between goal orientation and academic performance in adult distance learners. A sample of N = 1128 distance university students (age 18-75 years) filled out an online questionnaire. Their exam grades were collected from the files of the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL). A mixed model regression showed performance approach goal orientation to be a positive predictor of academic performance, whereas performance avoidance and work avoidance were negative predictors of academic performance. Non-significant results were found for mastery approach as well as for mastery avoidance. Implications of these results are discussed.
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author	Joyce Neroni Celeste Meijs Ruslan Leontjevas Paul A. Kirschner Renate H.M. De Groot
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title	Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education
title_short	Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education
title_full	Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education
title_fullStr	Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education
title_full_unstemmed	Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education
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publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2018
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Goal Orientation and Academic Performance in Adult Distance Education

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