The Effects of Learning Goal Setting Strategies on students' English Academic Performance at Senior High School

Abstract Former studies have indicated that goal plays a leading role in inpiduals’ development and for students study, learning goal is indispensable。 The significance of learning goal has been emphasized in several studies before and it is mentioned that students with specific learning goal perform better than those without, and learning goals can be influenced by teachers’ intervention。 However, as students are facing with the new requirement of the reform of university entrance examination, the goal setting for them are more important。 This study mainly investigated the effects of learning goal setting strategies on senior high school students, especially on their English academic performance and the correlation between learning goal awareness and academic performance under the background of the new form of university entrance examination。 A set of questionnaires for the assessment of goal settings, goal awareness and problems of learning English were administered to 258 students form three grades, and their test grades were also taken into consideration as a measure of academic performance。 The research revealed that learning goals to a certain degree can be set and developed by a series of goal setting strategies as well as the academic performance。 Moreover, there is a positive relationship between learning goals and academic performance。 And The present research examined the prediction of school students' grades in an upcoming English test via their minimal grade goals。 The findings of the present study can be applied in helping students set and develop their learning goals, improve their academic performance and predict their real test grade in the future。88092

Keywords: learning goal, strategies, English academic performance, minimal grade goal

目标设定策略对高中生英语学业成绩的影响

摘 要研究表明目标对于个人的成长有着引导其方向的作用，而学习目标对于学生学习来说更是不可或缺的。先前的研究中指出具有明确学习目标的学生比没有的学业成绩要好得多，而且学习目标也是可以被教师干预所影响的。然而面对高考改革对学生发展提出的新要求，他们学习目标的设定将变得更为重要。本研究主要调查的是在新高考改革的背景下，目标设定策略对高中生的影响，尤其是英语学业成绩的影响以及目标意识与学生学业成绩的关系。此次研究共由3个年级258名学生完成了一系列关于目标设定、目标意识、英语学习困难等等的问卷，采用了学生英语考试成绩作为学业成绩进步与否的指标。研究结果表明，目标设定策略在一定程度上能帮助学生学业成绩和目标意识的提高。另外，研究表明学习目标和学业成绩成正相关。本次研究也检验了最小成绩目标是否能够预测即将到来的英语测试成绩，并取得肯定结果。本研究的成果将应用于帮助高中生设定和提高学习目标，提高英语学业成绩和预测实际成绩。源-于,优W尔Y论L文.网wwW.youeRw.com 原文+QQ75201,8766

毕业论文关键词：学习目标，策略，英语学业成绩，最小成绩目标

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1。 Introduction 6

2。 Literature Review 8

2。1 Learning goal and learning performance 8

2。1。1 The concept of learning goal 8

2。1。2 Minimal grade goal 8

2。1。3 The Learning goal orientation 9

2。1。4 The dimensions of learning goals