Rethinking Goals

Rethinking Achievement Goals: When Are Thety Adaptive for College Students and Why?

The types of goals that students adopt in educational settings and the conseque:nce:s of those goals an 2 important educational outcomes-performance and intrinsic motivation-are disciussed. In the case of performance, we briefly review and evaluate a large body of fheory and research conducted by other investigators. In particular, we consider the possibility that some commonly accepted conclus...

Work on Oneself: Rethinking Authenticity

This article addresses the concept of authenticity, a characteristic of late modern Western culture. This characteristic is viewed by some as an ideal and by others as a root of the problems inherent within Western culture. After discussing various viewpoints, the author supports the idea that authenticity should not be totally accepted or rejected and sets forth a proposal based on the so-call...

Rethinking Perspective : ' Rethinking Medicare Reform ' Needs

Rethinking learning: comments on Rethinking innateness.

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Rethinking physical activity communication: using focus groups to understand women’s goals, values, and beliefs to improve public health

BACKGROUND Communication about physical activity (PA) frames PA and influences what it means to people, including the role it plays in their lives. To the extent that PA messages can be designed to reflect outcomes that are relevant to what people most value experiencing and achieving in their daily lives, the more compelling and effective they will be. Aligned with self-determination theory, t...