What learners want to know: The role of achievement goals in shaping information seeking, learning, and interest

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter reveals why students seek information during the learning process, what they or attend to, and how does seeking both reflect shape ongoing motivation. The addresses these questions from a goal-oriented motivational perspective explores theory research on achievement goals can illuminate students' studies of quality consequences task engagement. Based this understanding, it proposes that is motivated thus be conceptualized examined in terms motives, goals, guide behavior general. Thereafter, demonstrates application concepts findings literature to developing framework for defining predicting addressing some intriguing theoretical empirical controversies. Since informational search motivated, provide fascinating window processes. Finally, analyzes teach about states processes, including intrinsic