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Kearns, Hugh; Forbes, Angus; Gardiner, Maria; Marshall, Kelly – Australian Educational Researcher, 2008
This paper addresses two problems which are common amongst university students, namely perfectionism and self-handicapping. Perfectionism deals with setting unreasonably high standards for one's own performance, while self-handicapping behaviours provide a possible excuse for poor performance, for example putting tasks off until the last minute.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Harlan, Joan C. – 1996
This book provides teachers with strategies for maintaining and increasing appropriate behaviors as well as for preventing and remediating inappropriate behaviors. The 15 chapters provide suggestions and approaches to managing, motivating, and teaching students of all ability and motivational levels. The first three chapters address goals for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Education