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School-Level Implementation of Mastery Goal Structures: A Case Study

Emery, Alyssa A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429631710

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2015, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Educational Studies.
This case study examines a public, early-college, STEM-focused (science, technology, engineer, and math) secondary school that has implemented a school-wide system to support mastery achievement goals among students. Interviews were conducted with volunteer administrators (n = 3), teachers (n = 4) and students (n = 15) to determine how the mastery system at STEM School is envisioned by the school leadership, practiced by the teaching staff, and perceived by the students. Further, this case study employed pattern matching techniques of qualitative inquiry (Trochim, ) to determine in what ways these vision, practice, and perceptions align with Goal Orientation Theory (GOT), from which the concept of mastery goals is derived. Within GOT, TARGETS is an acronym used to represent the dimensions of a classroom that support student motivation: tasks, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation, time, and social supports (Ames, 1992a; Patrick, Anderman, Ryan, Edelin, & Midgely, 2001). Data were coded for these components, as well as mastery and performance goal structures. Some codes, such as self-regulation, emerged from the data. Results indicate that many of the components can reinforce student perceptions of the mastery goal structures in their environment (e.g. social supports), but the use of threshold practices (e.g. criterion-based evaluations) can undermine these perceptions.
Lynley Anderman (Advisor)
Eric Anderman (Committee Member)
94 p.
Educational Psychology
achievement goals; motivation; mastery learning

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  • Emery, A. A. (2015). School-Level Implementation of Mastery Goal Structures: A Case Study [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429631710

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Emery, Alyssa. School-Level Implementation of Mastery Goal Structures: A Case Study. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429631710.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Emery, Alyssa. "School-Level Implementation of Mastery Goal Structures: A Case Study." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429631710

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