Causal Attributions, Attributional Dimensions, and Academic Performance in a School Setting
Description:
The attribution model of achievement motivation has been applied to academic achievement as a way of understanding underachievement and as a basis for developing intervention programs. There has been little applied research in this area, however, that supports the use of the model in school settings. The purpose of the present study was to test the applicability of the model to an actual school setting. Subjects were 149 tenth grade students in a large urban school district. In accordance with …
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Date:
December 1987
Creator:
Huffine, John Harold
Partner:
UNT Libraries