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ERIC Number: EJ317449
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Relationships among Attitude, Motivation, and Achievement of Ability Grouped, Seventh-Grade, Life Science Students.
Cannon, Roger Kalup, Jr.; Simpson, Ronald D.
Science Education, v69 n2 p121-38 Apr 1985
Reports on a comprehensive, longitudinal investigation examining influences on commitment to science and achievement in science among adolescent students (N=821). Findings show that science attitude and achievement motivation declined throughout the year, life science achievement increased, and differences in achievement motivation occurred between female and male students. (DH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Biological Sciences, Females, Junior High Schools, Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research
Note: This paper is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SED-7919784.