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Visible Learning MetaX™
Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Goal commitment

Overview

  • Influence: Goal commitment
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Learning intentions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: A person's determination to achieve a particular goal.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 3
  • Number of studies: 103
  • Number of students: 2,360
  • Number of effects: 112
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.44
  • Robustness index: 2

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Applied Psychology Donovan & Radosevich USA The moderating role of goal commitment on the goal difficulty–performance relationship: A meta-analytic review and critical reanalysis. 1998 Goal commitment 21 2,360 21 0.36
Journal of Applied Psychology Klein, Wesson, Hollenbeck & Alge USA Goal commitment and the goal-setting process: conceptual clarification and empirical synthesis 1999 Goal commitment 74 0 83 0.47
Dissertation Miloslavic USA Regulatory Fit in Goal Pursuit: Implications for Goal Commitment, Goal Revision, and Academic Performance 2011 Goal commitment 8 0 8 0.37
TOTAL/AVERAGE 103 2,360 112 0.40
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