TY - JOUR AU - SEKRETER, Gulseren PY - 2016/12/04 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Mastery Goal Orientation Promoting Students’ Expectancies for Success And Self-Efficacy JF - Journal of Education in Black Sea Region JA - JEBS VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.31578/jebs.v2i1.33 UR - https://jebs.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/jebs/article/view/33 SP - AB - <p>The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of Achievement Goal Motivation Theory on students’<br />expectancies for success, beliefs about ability, usefulness, importance and interest for the mathematics subject.<br />Research asserts that possessing mastery-learning- oriented motivation has a more positive impact on students’<br />expectancies for success, beliefs about ability, usefulness, importance and interest for mathematics. This research<br />applies a quantitative method of study. Quantitative data have been analysed using Wigfield and Eccles’s<br />Expectancy–Value Theory Achievement Questionnaire in order to assess student’s expectancies for success, ability<br />beliefs and subjective task values. In the case study of a private Suleyman Sah University, Turkey, the focus of the<br />questionnaire has been derived from the central research question: How applications of Achievement Goal Theory<br />affect students’ expectancies for success, beliefs about ability, usefulness, importance and interest for mathematics?<br />The questionnaire was given to 40 students who were selected randomly in mathematics class. Also, in order to<br />identify students’ goal orientation, Elliot’s AGQ (Achievement Goal Questionnaire) was applied to those students.<br />Their Achievement Goal motivation types were compared to their beliefs about ability, usefulness, importance and<br />interest for mathematics. Based on the quantitative data analysis, it was concluded that students with masterylearning<br />goal orientation have more expectancies for success, for them mathematics is a more useful and important<br />subject, and, most importantly, they show more interest for the subject. These are very important components to<br />be persistent in the face of difficulties and obstacles on the way to achievement in teaching mathematics.</p> ER -