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Download full textMiller, Stephen K.; Crano, William D. – 1980
The author argues that despite the conventional wisdom that schools cannot overcome the effects of socioeconomic status and race on academic achievement, there is a growing body of literature indicating that school climate and students' sense of control of their environment are strongly correlated with achievement. Five school-specific strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment
Scherer, Martha E.; Kimmel, Ellen – 1993
While most of the existing literature on attribution retraining focuses on children's attributions for academic or achievement related tasks, teachers' attribution styles also are an important target for modification. This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a 1-day training workshop designed to significantly alter teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Attribution Theory, Change Strategies
