The basic assumption of normative models holds that students can be classified according
to the type of academic goal which they assume. Consequently, there will exist variations
in cognitive processing and in the process of learning regulation; students with greater
self-regulation show a higher degree of commitment to their own learning, they are the ones
who most analyze the demands of school, the ones who do the most planning, they manage
their resources and control their learning process (Pintrich, 1999, Zimmerman & Kintasas,
1997). Normative models of goal orientation establish different types of goals: academic
goals and social goals.