Unifying the literature on students' academic motivation : a multidimensional and hierarchical representation of students' goals and academic self-concept

Katrina L. Barker; Martin Dowson; Dennis M. McInerney

Unifying the literature on students' academic motivation : a multidimensional and hierarchical representation of students' goals and academic self-concept

Katrina L. Barker
, Martin Dowson
, Dennis M. McInerney

School of Education

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Abstract

This study aims to unify two substantial literatures relating to student motivation by providing a more comprehensive model of students' motivation than has currently been developed to date. Specifically, students' goal orientations, as operationalised by the General Achievement Goal Orientation Scale (GAGOS), and students' academic self concept as operationalised by the Academic Self Description Questionnaire II (ASDQ II); are combined in one instrument in order to: (a) examine the psychometric properties of the combined instruments and (b) investigate the interrelated multidimensional and hierarchal structure of motivation and self-concept. Data collected over three years from 535 Australian High School students support the hypothesis that students' goals and academic self-concepts are interrelated components of an overall model of student motivation. Moreover, this model remains stable and invariant across sex and over time. The model provides a cohesive framework within which the interaction of students' goals and academic self-concept may be examined further.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century
Publisher	University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	1741081483
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	International Biennial SELF Research Conference - Duration: 13 Jan 2009 → …

Conference

Conference	International Biennial SELF Research Conference
Period	13/01/09 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

motivation in education
achievement motivation
educational psychology
goals
self-perception
Australia

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Barker, K. L., Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2006). Unifying the literature on students' academic motivation : a multidimensional and hierarchical representation of students' goals and academic self-concept. In Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre.

Barker, Katrina L. ; Dowson, Martin ; McInerney, Dennis M. / Unifying the literature on students' academic motivation : a multidimensional and hierarchical representation of students' goals and academic self-concept. Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century. University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre, 2006.

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Unifying the literature on students' academic motivation : a multidimensional and hierarchical representation of students' goals and academic self-concept. / Barker, Katrina L.; Dowson, Martin; McInerney, Dennis M.
Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century. University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre, 2006.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

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