When academic achievement is an obligation : perspectives from social-oriented achievement motivation

• Main Authors: Tao, V. Y. K., Hong, Y.-y
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105348; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20474
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Asian students on average not only performed better than other ethnic groups as documented in multinational achievement tests, but also in general showed more negative emotions and test anxiety. We argued that this seemingly paradoxical achievement pattern was rooted in the endorsement of social-...