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ERIC Number: EJ440341
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Achievement Contexts: Effect on Achievement Values and Causal Attributions.
Farmer, Helen S.; And Others
Journal of Educational Research, v85 n1 p26-38 Sep-Oct 1991
Study investigated antecedents of achievement attributions and achievement values in ninth and twelfth graders who named an achievement important to them as a basis for eliciting success attributions and values. As expected, results indicated that students were more motivated to achieve in some contexts than in others. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Grade 12, Grade 9, Performance Factors, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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