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Goal-Settin Behavior of Occupations Students in Home Economics

Ann L. Harvey

Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada

Helen Y. Nelson

College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850

The major purpose of this research was to develop a method for teaching home economics occupations students to set realistic goals, thereby increasing performance levels. Seventy-four students from 10 classes in New York State were included in the two-phase training program to develop goal-setting belzavior. A measure of achievement motivation was obtained on all students in the classes and only high and low ranking thirds were retained in the sample. Sets of photographs were made showing mistakes in various home economics- related jobs. In a controlled treatment design, subjects were trained to set goals, first with the pictures and then with rating scales related to ongoing work experience. Performance on the picture experience of subjects exposed to goal-setting instructions was significantly higher than that o f the control subjects. Following the work experience, low achievement- motivation subjects reported greater performance increments than high achievement-moti vation subjects. Treatment differences for the work experience were not significant. Responses to a pre- and postmeasure of attitude toward competitive situations revealed significant treatment differences between experimental and control subjects. Interaction between achievement motivation and treatment effects on attitude change was significant. (HOME ECONOMICS RESEARCH JOURNAL, September 1972, Vol. 1, No. 1)

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 19-27 (1972)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X7200100105
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