Mr. Chen is beginning his second year of teaching sixth grade in a low-income area. He has always been driven by goals and is trying to help his students learn to set and achieve goals, but his students didn't respond well to his performance goal orientation last year. Mr. Chen recently revisited his educational psychology text from college and read the chapter about motivation. Now he wants to
change the goal orientation for his teaching and help his students work toward mastery goals. What should he do to achieve this goal?
What will be an ideal response?
Suggested Response: Mr. Chen is making an important and significant philosophical change.
• The point of a mastery goal is to improve and learn, not to receive a reward or please others
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