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ERIC Number: EJ426173
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Age Differences in the Dimensions of Perceived Control during Middle Childhood: Implications for Developmental Conceptualizations and Research.
Skinner, Ellen A.
Child Development, v61 n6 p1882-90 Dec 1990
Assessed children's beliefs about the effectiveness of five causes of school success. At the age of 7-8 years, children differentiated the factors into "unknown" and "other"; at 9-10, "other" was differentiated into "internal" and "external"; at 11-12, "internal" was differentiated into "effort" and "ability." Thus, causal beliefs became more differentiated with age. (BC)
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Field Dependence Independence, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Locus of Control, Significant Others
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Reasoning; Differentiation; Effort; Germany; Luck