title: Learning- and grade-orientation, sex, and prediction of self-reported academic performance.
abstract: 148 undergraduate students completed the LOGO-II scale, a measure of educational orientation, i.e., learning-oriented and grade-oriented attitudes and behaviors, and were asked to report their current and expected grades, as well as their self-assessed academic skill. Generally, learning orientation was positively correlated with academic performance, but grade orientation was negatively correlated with performance. Learning orientation and grade orientation predicted academic performance for men but not women. Implications of these findings, including the possibility of encouraging students to assume a more learning-oriented approach to their education, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Louise R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Alexitch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires