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Nolen, Susan Bobbitt – 1987
A correlational study of 62 8th grade, 60 11th grade, and 58 college students investigated developmental differences in learning goals, study strategy beliefs and their inter-relationship for science classes. Questionnaires measured levels of task orientation, ego orientation, and work avoidance, as well as belief in the utility of two types of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Goal Orientation, Higher Education