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Sun, Cuicui; Zhou, Zhijin; Yu, Quanlei; Gong, Shaoying; Yi, Liu; Cao, Yang – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
The present study explores the effect of perceived teacher support on three forms of thinking related to creativity. Tests of convergent thinking (by means of the Remote Associates Test), insight thinking (explored through a brain-teaser test), and divergent thinking (by means of a verbal creativity test) were given to 512 middle school students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Influence, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
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Thompson, Ted; Dinnel, Dale L. – Educational Psychology, 2007
The self-worth theory of achievement motivation holds that in situations in which poor performance is likely to reveal low ability, certain students (known as self-worth protective students) intentionally withdraw effort in order to avoid the negative implications of poor performance in terms of damage to self-worth. In this study, evidence of…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Economically Disadvantaged, Females, Achievement Need