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ERIC Number: EJ384781
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Children's Attributions for Success and Failure: Effects of Age and Attentional Focus.
Wigfield, Allan
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n1 p76-81 Mar 1988
How children's achievement attributions were influenced by age, attentional focus, and success/failure was studied in 151 students in grades two, three, five, and six. For older children, self-focus enhanced internal attributions for success, while task-focusing did so for younger children, who were more likely to attribute success/failure to luck. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attention Control, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Failure, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 6, Performance, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Focusing Behavior; Luck