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ERIC Number: EJ531710
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Children Who Do Well in School: Individual Differences in Perceived Competence and Autonomy in Above-Average Children.
Miserandino, Marianne
Journal of Educational Psychology, v88 n2 p203-14 Jun 1996
Self-determination theory and a motivational model of engagement were used to determine the impact of perceived competence and autonomy on engagement and performance in 77 third and fourth graders identified as above average in ability. Children who felt less competent or less autonomous reported more negative affect and withdrawal. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Affective Behavior, Competence, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Individual Differences, Individual Power, Self Concept, Self Determination, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Withdrawal (Psychology)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Student Engagement
Note: Research supported by a W. T. Grant Faculty Scholars Award, National Institute of Mental Health Grant 52-7594, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant HD19914.