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ERIC Number: EJ211830
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
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The Motivational Relevance of Educational Plans: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom.
Alexander, Karl L.; Cook, Martha A.
Social Psychology Quarterly, v42 n3 p202-13 Sep 1979
Employing two complementary data sets--the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of l972, and the Study of Academic Prediction and Growth, we question the conventional interpretation of educational plans as motives and thereby as determinants of educational attainment. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Admission, College Bound Students, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Occupational Aspiration, Secondary Education, Student Development, Student Motivation, Technical Reports, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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