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ERIC Number: EJ229161
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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Children's Beliefs about the Causes of Success and Failure in School Settings.
Frieze, Irene Hanson; Snyder, Howard Nelson
Journal of Educational Psychology, v72 n2 p186-96 Apr 1980
Children from a Catholic elementary school were interviewed to determine what they saw as probable causes for success or failure in four situations: a school testing situation an art project, playing football, and catching frogs. Causal explanations were found to differ across the four situations. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Failure, Locus of Control, Performance Factors, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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