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Mastery Orientation

Mastery Orientation is a motivational construct within self-improvement motives that refers to an individual's propensity to engage in tasks with the primary goal of developing competence, mastering challenges, and enhancing skills, as opposed to demonstrating ability or avoiding failure.

670

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70.6K

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1.5K

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670

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Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation.

Carole Ames · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1992 · 6.2K citations

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Achievement goals in the classroom: Students' learning strategies and motivation processes.

Carole Ames, Jennifer Archer · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1988 · 3.4K citations

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Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals

Andrew J. Elliot · Educational Psychologist · 1999 · 3.1K citations

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Implicit Theories and Their Role in Judgments and Reactions: A Word From Two Perspectives

Carol S. Dweck, Chi‐yue Chiu, Ying‐yi Hong · Psychological Inquiry · 1995 · 2.4K citations

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Advancing Achievement Goal Theory: Using Goal Structures and Goal Orientations to Predict Students' Motivation, Cognition, and Achievement.

Christopher A. Wolters · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2004 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. AJ
    Andrew J. Elliot

    University of Rochester, United States

    15 publications · 9.1K citations

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  2. JM
    Judith M. Harackiewicz

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    10 publications · 3.5K citations

    10

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  3. CD
    Céline Darnon

    Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive, France

    9 publications · 731 citations

    9

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  4. FB
    Fabrizio Butera

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    8 publications · 710 citations

    8

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  5. CM
    Carol Midgley

    University of Michigan, United States

    7 publications · 2.8K citations

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Institutions

670

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    3.3K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    4.6K citations

  3. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    6.8K citations

  6. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    763 citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    874 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    37 publications · 23.4K citations

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  2. Educational Psychology

    32 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Frontiers in Psychology

    14 publications · 550 citations

    13

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  4. The Journal of Educational Research

    JER · 13 publications · 829 citations

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  5. British Journal of Educational Psychology

    13 publications · 747 citations

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