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ERIC Number: EJ605824
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Effort, Ability and the Teacher: Young Children's Explanations for Success and Failure.
Gibbs, Caroline; Tunstall, Pat
Oxford Review of Education, v24 n2 p149-65 Jun 1998
Investigates children's perceptions of their success and failure in relation to mathematics, painting, reading, and getting on' with work. Discusses the categories of the children's responses to a series of questions in which effort, specific competence, and the role of teachers were cited the most as a reason for success/failure. (CMK)
Descriptors: Children, Failure, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Student Reaction, Success, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England (London)