The relationships among achievement goals,classroom climate,and perceived ability and instrumentality in adolescents

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Sara Ebrahimi ¹ , Shahla Pakdaman ² , Safoora Sepehri ³

1 - MA in Educational Psychology
2 - PhD Shahid Beheshti University
3 - PhD Candidate Shahid Beheshti University

Received: 2015-06-03 Accepted : 2015-06-03 Published : 2011-09-23

Keywords: adolescents, achievement goals, classroom climate, perceived ability, perceived instrumentality,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to predict achievement goals from classroom climate by the mediating of perceived ability and instrumentality in a sample of 300 eleventh-grade students. The students studied in three academic majors (human sciences, natural sciences, mathematics) in Noor city high schools. Classroom climate was assessed using the "In My Class Questionnaire" (IMC; Hardré, Crowson, Ly, & Xie, 2006) and the "School Engagement and Effort Scale" (SEES; Hardré & Reeve, 2003). Achievement goals, and perceived ability and instrumentality were assessed using the "Approaches to Learning Questionnaire” (ATL; Greene & Miller, 1996). The data were analyzed using Baron and Kenny (1986) method, and multiple analysis of regression. The results indicated that classroom climate predicted achievement goals by the mediating of perceived ability and instrumentality in high school students.