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McClure, John; Meyer, Luanna H.; Garisch, Jessica; Fischer, Ronald; Weir, Kirsty F.; Walkey, Frank H. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
Research has found a relation between motivation and attributions for success and failure. However, few studies have clarified the relationship of attributions to school achievement and possible cultural differences in this relationship. To investigate this issue, 5333 secondary students (European, Asian, Maori, Pacific) rated four common…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Motivation
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Wang, Aimin; Mosley-Howard, G. Susan; Witte, Raymond; Zhang, Jun – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2009
The authors examine the interaction of teaching and culture as it relates to students' perceptions of course difficulty. Course content was found to be the most important factor in students' views of courses. For a difficult course, "study hard" was rated as most important to the students' perception of course success by all ethnic groups. In…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Course Content, Asian American Students