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Clifford, Margaret M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1975
This study was designed to measure the effect of option on cognitive andaffective behavior and reexamine the function of locus of control as a predictor of academic performance in a situation where option-in-means is provided while option-in-ends is controlled. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Measurement, Data Collection
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Clifford, Margaret M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1975
This field study was designed as an examination of the effects of stating self-expectancy for complex learning tasks administered under typical classroom conditions. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Expectation, Learning Processes
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Clifford, Margaret M.; Walster, Elaine – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
Results of three studies indicate that unless a woman is of unusual ability and/or is an acknowledged success, she must expect to be treated inequitably. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Ability, College Admission, Data Analysis, Employment Interviews
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Clifford, Margaret M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Research, Motivation Techniques, Rewards, Statistical Analysis
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Clifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
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Clifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1989
Field observation studies involving 121 American and 200 Chinese third- through fifth-grade students, aged 8 to 11 years, examined developmental and cultural patterns in academic risk-taking. Variables assessed included developmental stage, situational factors, curricular emphasis, optimum risk level, cultural background, gender, and industrial…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Clifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1988
The effects of two levels of task attribution and three levels of outcome attribution as responses to failure were examined. In the study, 181 male Navy recruit subjects were asked to predict the responses of a Navy recruit who received an unsatisfactory training report. (TJH)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Emotional Response, Failure, Military Training