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Title EFFECT OF GOAL ORIENTATION ON SCIENCE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Author(s) SABAH ALTAF

Abstract The main aim of the study was to determine the effect of goal orientation on science students’ academic achievement at secondary school level. The second and third objectives of the study were to compare the science students’ goal orientation with respect to gender and educational sectors respectively. The population of the study was 1682 (male and female) secondary school science students from both public and private schools. A stratified random sampling technique was used and 400 secondary school science students were chosen as a sample of the study. The population was divided into two major strata based on gender i-e., (male and female) and educational sectors i-e., (public and private). Goal orientation assessment scale, developed by Was (2006) was adapted for data collection. Inferential statistics including t-test and linear regression was used to compute results. The results of the study revealed that goal orientation had a positive effect on academic achievement. Regarding gender wise comparison, male students were found more mastery goal orientated while female students were more performance goal oriented. With respect educational sector wise comparison, public school students were more mastery goal oriented whereas; private school students were more performance avoidant goal oriented. It is recommended that stakeholders may create an encouraging environment that is helpful for enhancing personal psychological factors in students.

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Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2021-05-28

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Description The academic success of students’ is related to a number of psychological variables such as motivation, stress, test anxiety, self-efficacy, in positive or negative ways. In educational psychology, achievement goal theory emerges as the predictor of educational achievement. Previous studies have examined goal orientation with a range of variables. However, very few researchers studied the association flanked by goal orientation and academic success. Therefore, the current study is targeted at investigating the association between academic achievement and goal orientation of secondary school students.