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Bing, Eric G.; Morris, William N. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1985
Two experiments were conducted to determine how initial task experiences of success and failure combine with observation of task outcomes in same-age, same-sex peers to affect the achievement expectations of second and third graders. The first experiment involved lower class urban Black children; the second involved middle class rural White…
Descriptors: Achievement, Blacks, Elementary School Students, Expectation