The Relationship between Middle School Students’ Learning Environment Perceptions and Achievement Goals in Science

This study examined the reciprocal relationship between students’ perceptions of science learning environment, measured through promoting choice, interaction and mutual respect, teacher feedback, achievement goals mastery-approach performance-approach goals. A total 407 sixth eighth grade students participated in study. Canonical analysis showed that perceived environment variables approach goal orientations were reciprocally positively related. According to results, all dimensions related For example, who perceive right share control tasks classroom, tend adopt