The Role of Generalized and Specific Expectancies in Determining Academic Achievement.

Nowicki, Stephen; Walker, Charlotte

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Publication Date: 1974

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The Role of Generalized and Specific Expectancies in Determining Academic Achievement

Nowicki, Stephen; Walker, Charlotte

Journal of Social Psychology, 94 second half, 275-280, Dec 74

The purpose of a study of fifth graders was to examine the relations of generalized and specific expectancies to actual academic performance. The results were taken to be supportive of conceptualizing achievement in expectancy terms. (Author/JH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation, Learning Theories, Motivation Techniques, Performance

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