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ERIC Number: EJ511006
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Success and Failure in Junior High School: A Critical Incident Approach to Understanding Students' Attributional Beliefs.
Vispoel, Walter P.; Austin, James R.
American Educational Research Journal, v32 n2 p377-412 Sum 1995
Critical incident methodology was used to study the attributional beliefs of 211 junior high school students in 4 subject areas. Results highlight the context-specific nature of causal beliefs and their linkages to reported classroom achievement. External attributions were more likely to generalize across subject areas. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Causal Models, Context Effect, Courses, Critical Incidents Method, Intellectual Disciplines, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special section titled "Teaching, Learning, and Human Development."