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ERIC Number: EJ517159
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Motivational and Informational Functions and Consequences of Children's Attention to Peers' Work.
Butler, Ruth
Journal of Educational Psychology, v87 n3 p347-60 Sep 1995
Two studies involving 331 children ages 9 to 11 years examined the proposal that the functions served by children's attention to peers' work differ in informational focus and in goal focus. Goal condition affected goal, but not informational, functions of looking at peers' work. Implications for social comparison theory are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Information Needs, Interpersonal Relationship, Mastery Learning, Objectives, Peer Influence, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Comparison Theory