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Markku Niemivirta
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 72
Citations - 3141
Markku Niemivirta is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Goal orientation & Academic achievement. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 67 publications receiving 2789 citations. Previous affiliations of Markku Niemivirta include University of Oslo & University of Eastern Finland.
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Self-Regulated Learning: Finding a Balance between Learning Goals and Ego-Protective Goals
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defend the view that for effective self-regulation to develop, students should be allowed to work in a learning context in which they can create their own learning episodes according to their own goals.
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Predicting children's mathematical performance in grade one by early numeracy
Pirjo Aunio,Markku Niemivirta +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a longitudinal study examined how children's early numeracy assessed in kindergarten predicts their mathematical performance in the first grade, after controlling for the effects of age, gender, and parents' education.
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Achievement Goal Orientations and Subjective Well-Being: A Person-Centred Analysis.
TL;DR: The authors examined whether students with different achievement goal orientation profiles differ in terms of subjective well-being (i.e., self-esteem, depressive symptoms, school-related burnout, and educational goal appraisals).
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Achievement goal orientations and academic well-being across the transition to upper secondary education.
TL;DR: This article examined students' achievement goal orientation profiles, the temporal stability of these profiles across the transition to upper secondary education, and profile differences in academic well-being (i.e., school value, school burnout, schoolwork engagement, satisfaction with educational choice).
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Stability and change in achievement goal orientations: A person-centered approach
TL;DR: This paper used a person-centered approach to examine the stability and change in students' achievement goal orientations within a school year (i.e., during 9th grade, measurement period 4 months, N = 530) and between school years (i., across 11th and 12th grade; measurement period 12 months, n = 519).