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ERIC Number: EJ266510
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Apr
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Cooperative-Competitive Social Orientation and School Achievement among Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children.
Knight, George P.; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v7 n2 p97-106 Apr 1982
The relative influence of cooperative-competitive social orientation on school achievement for Anglo-American and Mexican-American children was assessed. The importance of competitiveness for Anglo-American children and the moderate relationship of other personality variables to achievement in both groups is shown. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cognitive Style, Competition, Cooperation, Cultural Influences, Intermediate Grades, Locus of Control, Mexican Americans, Personality Measures, Predictor Variables, Self Esteem
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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