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Peer reviewedMatthews, Wendy S.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Compared the school behavior of 15 epileptic children with that of diabetic and healthy children. The epileptic children were more likely to attribute the success or failure of their school performance to unknown sources of control, and to hold less positive feelings about school and their own self-worth. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textSherman, Lawrence W.; And Others – 1990
School achievement attributions for success and failure were examined for American and Polish preadolescents between the ages of 12 and 13 years. The American sample included 115 preadolescents (53 males and 62 females), and the Polish sample included 64 children (34 males and 30 females). The American subjects came from a suburban racially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity
