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ERIC Number: EJ661980
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
Motivational Characteristics of Under-achievers in Hong Kong.
Lau, Kit-Ling; Chan, David W.
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v21 n4 p417-30 Dec 2001
Presents a study that focuses on the problem of underachievement in Hong Kong in which underachievers were compared to high and low achievers in terms of their motivational characteristics. Reports that motivational variables contributed to discrimination among underachievers and high achievers. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Failure, Adolescents, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Self Concept, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hong Kong
Note: Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology is a refereed journal.