Multiple-goal learners and their differential patterns of learning

Multiple-goal learners and their differential patterns of learning

• Ng, Clarence Chi Hung School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Educational Psychology, 28(4), 439-456, 2008

Routledge

2008

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
    • QGE Distance Education
• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• C Psychology & Learning
  • CC Motivation of Learning

Distance Education Learning Strategies Student Motivation Foreign Countries Goal Orientation Adult Students Higher Education Questionnaires Mastery Learning Occupational Aspiration Multivariate Analysis Self Management Student Attitudes Beliefs Tests Scores Academic Achievement Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education
• Adult Education

The hypothesis in this study was that different types of multiple-goal learners would have different patterns of learning. A sample of 797 adult distance learners enrolled in different programs offered by a distance learning university in Hong Kong completed a questionnaire assessing their goals, use of strategies, motivational beliefs, and attitudes towards the course they were doing. Two-stage cluster analyses found a group of single-goal learners (mastery focused) and three groups of multiple-goal learners with different focuses in their goal profiles: performance focus, work focus, and multiple focuses. These four clusters of learners differed in terms of use of learning strategies, regulatory strategies, motivational beliefs, and attitudes towards the course. Learners focusing on work-related goals or performance goals achieved better examination results than did those focusing on multiple goals or solely on mastery goals.
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• English

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• 10.1080/01443410701739470

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2010-09-24