Objective To explore the status quo of normal university students’achievement goals

and to provide basis for the improvement of normal university students’learning behavior.Method 300 normal university students were investigated with the Achievement Goals Test.Results The overall status of the achievement goals was that learning goal got the highest scores（19.61±3.03）

followed by avoidance goal（15.20±3.70）and confirmed goal（12.36±2.83）.Concerning all the statistically significant results

the scores of freshmen were higher than those of sophomore in term of the avoidance goal（P<0.01）;the scores for liberal arts students were higher than those of science from the perspectives of confirmed goal and avoidance goal（P<0.05 or P<0.01）;the scores of urban students were higher than those from rural areas in respect of confirmed goal（P<0.05）;the scores of children with siblings were higher than those of single children in the aspect of learning goal（P<0.05）.Conclusion Normal university students’achievement goals tend to relate with grade

major

birthplace and single children or children with siblings.It is necessary to provide corresponding mental health education.