Abstract: This article briefly introduces how Dweck’s goal orientation theory shaped in order to stress its major value. The paper mainly analyzes the theory’s development both at home and abroad, which can be basically divided into two aspects: one concerns the research of the theory itself, the other is about goal orientation’s dynamic regulation function. Further, the article points out that the soul of Dweck’s theory lies in the intelligence theory. However, the cultivation of the intelligence theory is what recent researches are deficient, thus it should become an important direction of future study. This article discusses the possible approaches of intelligence theory’s cultivation and indicates that we should explore such approaches in terms of children’s own development.

Key words: goal orientation, learning regulation, intelligence theory’s cultivation