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Covington, Martin V.; And Others – 1980
Recent research on classroom achievement dynamics suggests a conflict of teacher/student values regarding effort expenditure. Student effort is clearly rewarded and the indifferences punished by teachers. From the student perspective, expending effort when risking failure is a potential threat because high effort/failure invites ascriptions to low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Students, Conflict
