Applications Of Goal-Setting Theory On Students’ Take-Home Assignments Using Content Analysis Approach.
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Social Media have kept most of the typical university students very busy, but not in aid to their academic exercises. Experiences in years of University teaching and observations showed that many of these students are unable to meet up with the stipulated time for take-home assignments. The attempt of this study is to use goal setting theory to develop a process by which an average University student will be equipped to complete and submit such assignments. The Directed Method of Content Analysis was adopted. It is a deductive process, which correlate theory with data. Qualitative codes were generated from selected articles using the Search Project dialogue box of ATLAS.ti, version 8. Themes such as learning orientation, performance orientation, goal-setting, learning, effectiveness, task complexity, feedback, action, motivation and result, were generated and grouped into five models. The ccoefficients for the five models were 0.002, 0.380, 0.006, 0.131 and 0.326, respectively, while their tcoefficients were 0.190, 0.710, 0.204, 0.289 and 0.204 for each model. The c- and t- coefficients of model 1 showed that combinations of learning orientation and performance were not strong. Model 2 revealed a very strong congruency between goal setting and performance. If the typical University student sets goals that are focused on a take-home assignment, this will direct energy on activities that will lead to the completion and submission of the assignments.
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Okezie Goodlucknwokoma, Prof. Nyakora Musa O
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