Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ420793
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Academic Risk Taking, Development, and External Constraint.
Clifford, Margaret M.; And Others
Journal of Experimental Education, v59 n1 p45-64 Fall 1990
Academic risk taking--the selection of schoollike tasks ranging in difficulty and probability of success--was examined for 602 students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in Taiwan. Results of a self-report measure of tolerance for failure and a risk-taking task are discussed concerning self-enhancement versus self-assessment goals, metacognitive skills, and psychological reactance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Failure, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Success, Test Items
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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