How Teachers Explain Students' Academic Performance: A Categorization of Free Response Academic Attributions.

Cooper, Harris M.; Burger, Jerry M.

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Publication Date: 1980

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How Teachers Explain Students' Academic Performance: A Categorization of Free Response Academic Attributions.

Cooper, Harris M.; Burger, Jerry M.

American Educational Research Journal, v17 n1 p95-109 Spr 1980

Education majors completed questionnaires about student success or failure in hypothetical situations and their responses were categorized. Dimensions of the category scheme concerned the student (ability and effort), the situation (task difficulty and luck), and the teacher (experience and preparation). (CTM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Education Majors, Higher Education, Success, Teacher Influence

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Language: English

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