The Relationship between Perceived Task Competence, Achievement Expectancies, and School Withdrawal of Academically Underprepared Adolescent Students.

House, J. Daniel

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ERIC Number: EJ462976

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Relationship between Perceived Task Competence, Achievement Expectancies, and School Withdrawal of Academically Underprepared Adolescent Students.

House, J. Daniel

Child Study Journal, v22 n4 p253-72 1992

Tracked the college careers of 378 students who entered college through a special program for academically underprepared students. Results indicated that students' academic self-concept and achievement expectancies were related to their subsequent school withdrawal. Found differences in the relationship between attitudes and school withdrawal of African-American and white students. (ME)

Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged, Expectation, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Self Concept, Withdrawal (Education)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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