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ERIC Number: EJ317431
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Characteristics of Male and Female Students Who Experienced Success or Failure in Their First College Science Course.
DeBoer, George E.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v22 n2 p153-62 Feb 1985
Examined personality (persistence, future orientation, and the tendency toward reckless/rash behavior) and cognitive factors related to success or failure in college science courses. One finding noted is that both men and women were more apt to attribute their success to effort/ability, and their failure to the difficulty of a task. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, College Science, Females, Higher Education, Males, Performance Factors, Personality Traits, Science Education, Sex Differences, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Science Education Research
Note: For a related study see EJ 295 857.