Implicit Theory of Intelligence and Achievement Goals among Hong Kong Secondary School Students

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1
LIST OF FIGURES 3
LIST OF TABLES 4

CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purposes of the study 5
1.2 Significance of the study 6

CHAPTER II --- IMPLICIT THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT GOALS
2.1 Achievement goals 8
2.1.1 Learning and performance goals
 8
2.1.2 Work avoidance goal
 10
2.2 Implicit theory of intelligence 13
2.2.1 Helpless and mastery-oriented children
 14
2.2.2 Adoption of different achievement goals
 15
    2.2.3 The effects of implicit theory of intelligence on the achievement goals
 17
    2.2.4 Implicit theory of intelligence in classroom environments
 18

CHAPTER III --- EFFECTS OF ACHIEVEMENT GOALS ON MOTIVATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
3.1 Achievement goals and learning strategies 22
3.1.1 Effective learning strategies
 22
3.1.2 Deep and surface level strategies
 24
3.1.3 Active and superficial cognitive engagement
 26
3.2 Achievement goals, satisfaction and task choice 28

CHAPTER IV --- FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY
4.1 Incremental theory of intelligence and achievement goals 31
4.2 Achievement goals and learning strategies 32
4.3 Achievement goals, boredom and choice of easy task 34
4.4 Conceptual model 35

CHAPTER V --- RESEARCH METHOD
5.1 Variables 37
5.2 Hypotheses 38
5.3 Samples 40
5.4 Procedures 40
5.5 Instruments 41
5.6 Statistical analyses 43
5.6.1 Preliminary analyses
 43
5.6.2 Correlations
 43
5.6.3 Structural equation modeling
 44
5.6.4 Cross-validation
 45

CHAPTER VI --- RESULTS
6.1 Items analysis and factor structure of instrument 47
6.2 Correlatons among variables 51
6.3 Structural relations 52
6.4 Cross validity 57

CHAPTER VII --- DISCUSSION
7.1 The validity of the work avoidance goal 60
7.2 Relations between incremental theory of intelligence and achievement goals 61
7.3 Relations between achievement goals and motivational behaviour 62
7.4 Differences between grade 7 and grade 9 students 64
7.5 Implication of the findings 66
7.6 Limitations of the study 67

REFERENCES
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Appendix 1 77
Appendix 2 79
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