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Peer reviewedLi, Anita K. F.; Adamson, Georgina – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
Causal attributions for success and failure in science, mathematics, and English were studied with intellectually gifted secondary school students (n=30) and their nongifted siblings (n=32). For success in science, siblings had significantly higher effort and strategy attribution scores, and lower task easiness attribution scores than did gifted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Academically Gifted, Attribution Theory
Peer reviewedMulcahy, R.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1990
High ability, average, and learning-disabled children in grades 4 and 7 were assessed on achievement, ability, perceived competence in cognitive ability, self-concept, and locus of control. Results indicated significant group differences on achievement and affective measures which were relatively stable and unaffected by cognitive strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Cognitive Development
