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ERIC Number: EJ203989
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Apr
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Academic Expectations, Attributed Responsibility, and Teachers' Reinforcement Behavior: A Comment on Cooper and Baron, with Some Additional Data.
Meyer, Wulf-Uwe
Journal of Educational Psychology, v71 n2 p269-73 Apr 1979
Cooper and Baron's conclusions (EJ 174 719) that teachers' performance expectations were more potent predictors of their reinforcement behavior in class than were their attributions of responsibility is criticized on the basis of methodological flaws in the study. Evidence associations between teachers' attributions of responsibility and their reinforcement behavior is presented. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attribution Theory, Elementary School Teachers, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Reinforcement, Research Reviews (Publications), Student Motivation, Student Responsibility, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: West Germany