Relationship between Achievement Goals and Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The objective of this study was to find out relationship between achievement goals and academic achievement of undergraduate students. Correlational research was selected as research design. The population of the study was university students of public and private universities of Lahore. The total population was 2333 students from public (1654) and private (679) institutions made up the total population that was computed. From the calculated population the determined sample size was 467 (public: 331, private:136). The stratified proportional random sample method was employed for this purpose. Data was collected using a questionnaire as the tool. The survey technique was used to complete the questionnaire by the respondents. The questionnaire had three parts. The first portion was related to filling the demographic information. The demographic area included the name of institute, nature of institute (public or private), gender (male or female), age, year/semester of study and CGPA. The second portion consisted of 10 items from the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965) and the third portion consisted of 12 items from the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ-R).