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Peer reviewedBoggiano, Ann K.; Barrett, Marty – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992
Examines gender differences between 60 male and 67 female third graders concerning motivational orientation for correlation with incidence of depression. Results indicate that females were more often extrinsically motivated and more often depressed than males. Males were intrinsically motivated and had fewer incidents of depression than females.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Depression (Psychology), Elementary Education
Download full textGreene, Jennifer C. – 1982
Motivation is widely believed to be a critical component of the learning process in the elementary classroom, but educational research has failed to substantiate this belief. To investigate interrelationships among selected motivational variables, demographic, motivational and achievement characteristics of 400 elementary school students in Grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Educational Research
