A reflective goal-setting intervention could help students adjust to higher education, and improve their performance and well-being, as has been shown by small-scale and quasi-experimental studies conducted so far. However, a large experimental study found no effects, highlighting the importance of replication, and a better understanding of the mechanisms that explain when and why the intervention works. This replication study tested the effects of such a goal-setting intervention on the academic performance of 1,134 first-year business and teacher education students, with a randomized control trial. The treatment group earned significantly more course credits, and had a 15% lower risk of dropping out of college, compared to the control group. Contrary to the findings of previous studies, this study found no evidence that these effects are larger for men, or ethnic minorities. Additionally, we found no effect of the intervention on self-regulated learning, resilience, grit, engagement, or well-being.
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The current study examines how organizational career management – i.e. activities undertaken by schools in order to plan and manage teachers’ careers – relates to teachers’ career self-management – i.e. teachers steering their careers by means of searching for opportunities, networking, or seeking supervisory support. Moreover, it examines the mediating roles of occupational self-efficacy and learning goal orientation in this relationship. Mediation analysis in SPSS, using the PROCESS macro of survey data from 220 Dutch secondary school teachers, showed that positive relationships between organizational career management and career self-management were mediated by occupational self-efficacy and learning goal orientation.
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Veel scholen in het Nederlandse voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (vmbo) hebben de laatste jaren initiatieven genomen om vormen van competentiegericht onderwijs in te voeren. Drie aspecten van het leren van leerlingen in competentiegericht onderwijs lijken van bijzonder belang te zijn, namelijk doeloriëntaties, informatieverwerkingsstrategieën en leerresultaten. In dit proefschrift worden de relaties beschreven en verkend tussen de leerprocessen van leerlingen - in termen van doeloriëntaties, informatieverwerkingsstrategieën en kennisontwikkeling - en de mate waarin kenmerken van competentiegericht onderwijs geïmplementeerd zijn op vmbo-scholen. De centrale vraagstelling was: Wat zijn de relaties tussen de doeloriëntaties, informatieverwerkingsstrategieën en kennisontwikkeling van leerlingen in competentiegericht vmbo?
