Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 13, Issue 2, Article 2 (Dec., 2012) Nurcan KAHRAMAN and Semra SUNGUR-VURAL  An investigation on students’ personal achievement goals and perceived parents’ goal emphases in science Contents Next

An investigation on students’ personal achievement goals and perceived parents’ goal emphases in science

 

Nurcan KAHRAMAN and Semra SUNGUR-VURAL

¹Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary Education, Çanakkale, TURKEY

²Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary Education, Ankara TURKEY

E-mail: nurcan.kahraman@gmail.com; ssungur@metu.edu.tr

Received 7 May, 2012
Revised 19 Dec., 2012

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Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
• History of Achievement Goal Theory
• Perceived parent achievement goal emphasis
• Method
• Participants
• Instruments
• Results
• Descriptive Statistics
• Examination of the Students’ Personal Achievement Goals in relation to Perceived Parents’ Achievement Goals
• Discussions
• Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research
• References

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Abstract

This study examined students’ personal achievement goals and their perceived parents’ goal emphases in science. A total of 295 seventh-grade students completed the Achievement Goal Questionnaire and the Perceived Parent Goal Emphases Scale. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed an interaction between perceived parents’ mastery approach goal emphasis and perceived parents’ performance approach goal emphasis on students’ adoption of mastery approach goals in science. Besides that perceived performance approach goal emphasis significantly predicted students’ performance approach goals.

Keywords: Achievement goals; parents goal emphasis; science education; multiple goals