Research On The Influence Of Tangible Self-Set Goals On Students' Intrinsic Motivation And Performance In Volleyball Teaching

In physical education, arousing and increasing the students' intrinsic motivation is a vital factor to promote their skills and take part in exercise. In addition, it is a important guarantee for teaching effect. This study based on goal-setting theory to investigate the effects of tangible self-set goals on performance and intrinsic motivation, and to explore their relationships.One hundred and ninety-five college students were recruited for this study in eight weeks. They were randomly grouped into four goal groups: self-set goal, designed goal, "do your best" goal, no goal. After the physical teaching for eight weeks, the participants were requested to complete Intrinsic Motivation Inventory and physical performance tests, including under toss by themselves, under toss with another person, and serve. Results indicated: (1) In physical education, establishing tangible self-set goals could obviously inspire students' intrinsic motivation. (2) Compared with designed goals, "do your best" goals and no goals, establishing tangible self-set goals was the best way to inspire students' intrinsic motivation. (3) tangible self-set goals took more positive teaching effect on boys than girls. (4) tangible self-set goals could enhance physical performance to boys, and it had more advantages on learning simple technique than difficult technique. (5) tangible self-set goals could bring active impact on girls' performance. It was better than "do your best" goals and no goals, but it was worse than designed goals. (6) Boys had better performance than girls' by establishing tangible self-set goals. Learning technique which more difficult more advantages had exist on boys. (7) When establishing tangible self-set goals, most of boys walked "challenge" routes, and most of girls walked "no-challenge" routes.