?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Using+'approach+goals'+to+increase+student+motivation+for+independent+study%3A+a+randomised+controlled+field+trial&rft.creator=Sims%2C+S&rft.creator=Outhwaite%2C+L&rft.creator=Bennett%2C+S&rft.description=Motivation+has+an+important+influence+on+the+extent+to+which+students+engage+in+study.+Reported+here+is+a+large-scale+randomised+controlled+trial+comparing+the+effect+of+Mastery-Approach+(MAp)+goals%2C+which+focus+on+development+of+task+mastery%2C+and+Performance-Approach+(PAp)+goals%2C+which+focus+on+demonstration+of+competence.+The+achievement+goals+were+embedded+within+an+online+learning+platform+for+students+aged+16-18+years+in+England.+In+a+sample+of+1%2C791+students%2C+intention+to+treat+analysis+showed+students+randomly+allocated+to+receive+the+MAp+goals+(treatment+group+1)+engaged+in+more+effortful+learning+activities+on+the+platform%2C+compared+to+students+assigned+to+receive+the+PAp+goals+(treatment+group+2)+or+no+achievement+goal+messages+(control+group).+The+PAp+messages+had+no+significant+impact+on+student+effort.+The+research+addresses+a+need+for+more+ecologically+valid+causal+evidence+on+achievement+goal+theory+and+has+direct+implications+for+educators+managing+remote+learning.&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Education+Policy+and+Equalising+Opportunity%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education&rft.date=2020-11&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Centre+for+Education+Policy+and+Equalising+Opportunity%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2020)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10127649%2F1%2Fmappap_workingpaper.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10127649%2F&rft.rights=open