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ERIC Number: EJ161286
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Attitude Change and Achievement: Dissonance Theory in Education
Simonson, Michael R.
Journal of Educational Research, 70, 3, 163-9, Jan-Feb 77
It was found that a student's attitude toward a specific college course could be measured and improved by applying cognitive dissonance theory assumptions in a formal plan of attitudinal change. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Cognitive Development, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Videotape Recordings
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Identifiers: Cognitive Dissonance