The aim of this research is studying the The relationship between environmental perceptions and achievement goals. To do the study, a multistage cluster sampling method was used and a sample of 685 third grade boy students from Tehran high schools, were selected. Students’ Achievement Goal Orientation (Midgly and his colleagues, 1997), Students Perceptions of Classroom Activities, (Gentry and his colleagues, 2002), and Perceptions of Parents Scales (Grolnick and his colleagues, 1997) were administrated to students as a group. Questionnaires validity and reliability were satisfactory. The results of Pearson correlation showed that the mutual correlation between components family environmental perceptions (parents warmth and autonomy support), perceptions of classroom activities (interest, challenge, choice and joy) and goal orientations (mastery, approach-performance, and avoiding-performance) were significant (p< 0.01) and goal orientations was predictable by environmental perceptions (class and parents).

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