In the paper “Goals: An Approach to Motivation and Achievement” (Elliot & Dweck, 1988) write about an interesting little experiment they did to test how perceived ability and achievement orientation affect children’s performance and attitude toward a challenging task (i.e. how do your opinions of your own abilities and your reasons for doing something affect [...]
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What are you in it for?
Posted in Knowledge Share, tagged achievement, Dweck, Elliott, Goals, mastery orientation, motivation, performance orientation on February 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
