What are people’s academic goals?

The Achievement Goal Questionnaire – Revised (AGQ-R) is a 12-item measure of different types of academic goals. The questions measure four variables including mastery-approach goals, mastery-avoidance goals, performance-approach goals, and performance-avoidance goals. This survey can be used to explore relationships between different types of academic goals and variables like stress, growth mindset, and family dynamics. Past research suggests that people who reported more mastery-approach goals and more performance approach goals also reported more life satisfaction (Antaramian, 2017).

Resources:

• Resources:
• Elliot, A. J. & Murayama, K. (2008). On the measurement of achievement goals: Critique, illustration, and application. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 613-628.
• Antaramian, S. (2017). The importance of very high life satisfaction for students’ academic success. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1307622.

Parameters
This survey cannot be tweaked.Disclaimer
Any languages that are currently offered besides English for this survey are not necessarily validated translations. This survey was translated using Google Translate and verified by members of the community.

What data is collected? How is it scored?
The following variables are recorded:

• AGQR_mastery_approach_goals: Higher scores mean participants are motivated to learn, master a task, and improve their skills or knowledge.
• AGQR_mastery_avoidance_goals: Higher scores mean participants are motivated by the fear of not learning, of not mastering a task, or of losing acquired skills.
• AGQR_performance_approach_goals: Higher scores mean participants are motivated by the desire to demonstrate competence or outperform others.
• AGQR_performance_approach_goals: Higher scores mean participants are motivated by the fear of appearing incompetent or failing to meet expectations compared to others.

Raw data: 12 questions broken into 4 variables (mastery-approach goals, mastery-avoidance goals, performance-approach goals, and performance-avoidance goals). Each variable's score ranges from 1-5.

Calculation:
Subscores are determined by averaging the scores of the questions in each variable. The Likert scale ranges from 1 ("strongly disagree") to 5 ("strongly agree"), so the averages of the scores will also range from 1-5.

• AGQR_mastery_approach_goals: Average of questions 1, 3, 7
• AGQR_mastery_avoidance_goals: Average of questions 5, 9, 11
• AGQR_performance_approach_goals: Average of questions 2, 4, 8
• AGQR_performance_avoidance_goals: Average of questions 6, 10, 12