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ERIC Number: EJ429010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Motivational Components of Underachievement.
Carr, Martha; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v27 n1 p108-18 Jan 1991
Achievers and underachievers were tested on multiple measures of ability, attributions, self-esteem, reading awareness, and reading performance. Achievers differed from underachievers in beliefs about utility of effort, self-esteem, enhanced reading awareness, and strategic performance. Achievers, but not underachievers, associated their skills with positive attributions. (BC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Reading Ability, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Affective Domain; Dysfunctional Behavior; Effort; Positive Attitudes