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ERIC Number: EJ425628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532
Differences in Beliefs and Attitudes toward the Improvability of Writing of Gifted Students Who Exhibit Mastery-Oriented and Helpless Behaviors.
Clark, Jolene; Tollefson, Nona
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v14 n2 p119-33 Win 1991
On measures of ability to improve writing quality, motivation to write, confidence in writing, and attitudes toward writing, 29 middle level students classified as mastery oriented consistently scored higher than 21 students classified as helpless. The 66 students classified as neither mastery oriented nor helpless had mean scores between the other 2 groups. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Gifted, Goal Orientation, Helplessness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mastery Learning, Middle Schools, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Student Evaluation, Student Improvement, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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