Jan N. Hughes|Wei Wu|Stephen G. West
Teacher performance goal practices and elementary students' behavioral engagement: A developmental perspective
Texas A&M University|University of Kansas|Arizona State University
investigated growth trajectories classroom performance goal practices student behavioral engagement across grades 2 5 497 academically atrisk elementary students study first longitudinal investigation performance goal practices early elementary years average teacher use performance goal practices increased students behavioral engagement declined across four years using autoregressive latent trajectory alt models examined synchronous relations teacherreported performance goal practices teacherreported student behavioral engagement expected students move classrooms new teacher less emphasis performance goal practices become behaviorally engaged school gender moderate results implications teacher professional development discussed