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Direct linkVaughn, Kalif E.; Srivatsa, Neha; Graf, Allyson S. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
Research on praise, in support of a growth mindset, has overwhelmingly focused on children. We explored how praise influences performance in college students. Colleges are often challenged to respond to students' established mindsets in the face of increasingly demanding coursework. Specifically, we examined how fear of failure may alter the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Failure, Fear, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedMcMillan, James H. – American Educational Research Journal, 1977
The effects of student effort exerted studying, and of written feedback from the instructor, were studied in undergraduate classrooms. Students received high or low-effort assignments, and high or low praise from their teacher. Those completing high-effort assignments and receiving high praise formed significantly more positive attitudes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Difficulty Level, Feedback
Download full textPrestwood, J. Stephen; Weiss, David J. – 1978
Volunteer college students were assigned to one of six computer administered vocabulary tests, one half with immediate knowledge of results (KR) after responding to each item, and the other half without knowledge of results. The six tests were designed to be at one of three levels of difficulty and consisted either of 50 preselected items…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Computer Assisted Testing
