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ERIC Number: EJ475133
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Self-Presentation Bias and Continuing Motivation among Adolescents.
Igoe, Ann R.; Sullivan, Howard
Journal of Educational Research, v87 n1 p18-22 Sep-Oct 1993
This study investigated return-to-task rates on hard and easy tasks that secondary students projected for scenario characters and for themselves. Data revealed significantly greater rates of return to easy tasks. Girls had significantly higher return-to-task rates. Evidence of self-presentation bias was present. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bias, Difficulty Level, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 9, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Performance Factors, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Student Behavior, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Self Presentations; Task Persistence