Two Measures of Resultant Achievement Motivation: Their Relationships to Each Other and to Academic Performance for Three Samples of College Males.

Waters, L. K.; Wherry Waters, Carrie

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Publication Date: 1976

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Two Measures of Resultant Achievement Motivation: Their Relationships to Each Other and to Academic Performance for Three Samples of College Males

Waters, L. K.; Wherry Waters, Carrie

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 36, 2, 477-81, Sum 76

Results showed that significantly more accurate predictions of academic performance were obtained for lower fear of failure students and for students who perceived their present course grades as more important to their career plans than those who did not. (Author/DEP)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Career Planning, College Students, Correlation, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Males, Motivation, Predictive Measurement

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