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This experiment explores how proximal goal setting can enhance self-motivation, self-efficacy, and interest in math.

September 1, 1981Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyOpen Access

Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation.

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ABAlbert BanduraKaiser Permanente DSDale H. SchunkUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Randomized trial tests the impact of proximal goal setting on competencies and self-efficacy in children, suggesting significant improvements in math interest.

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This experiment explores how proximal goal setting can enhance self-motivation, self-efficacy, and interest in math.
Participants included children with low interest in math who engaged in self-directed learning.
Children were assigned to conditions involving proximal subgoals, distal goals, or no goals.
A multifaceted assessment measured mathematical performance, self-efficacy, and interest.
Children with proximal subgoals showed rapid progress in self-directed learning and mastery of math skills.
Proximal goal setting significantly increased self-efficacy and interest in previously unappealing math tasks.
Distal goals did not lead to any measurable improvements in outcomes.

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Bandura et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c7e4e44ac1539b820fc372 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.41.3.586

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Randomized trial tests the impact of proximal goal setting on competencies and self-efficacy in children, suggesting significant improvements in math interest.

Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation.

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Cultivating competence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic interest through proximal self-motivation.

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