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Bar-Tal, Daniel; And Others – 1974
Weiner, et al, (1971) presented a model of achievement-related behavior which outlined how causal ascriptions might mediate between stimulus conditions and achievement-oriented responses. This model assumed that individuals allocate the causes of success and failure to four elements (ability, effort, luck and task difficulty), and that each of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Evaluation, Failure, Motivation
LITWAK, EUGENE; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY TO READING ACHIEVEMENT WAS STUDIED BY APPLICATION OF "A BALANCE THEORY OF COORDINATION." INTERLOCKING SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY ADMINISTERING QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS TO A SAMPLE OF 4,402 PEOPLE, CONSISTING OF CHILDREN FROM 18 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEIR PARENTS, THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Performance Factors, Reading Achievement, School Community Relationship
Yeary, Elizabeth F. – Today's Education, 1978
Suggestions are made for improving students' performance in doing homework. (JD)
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Performance Factors, Student Attitudes
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Gickling, Edward E.; Armstrong, David L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
The study investigated the effects of three stages of instructional manipulation on first- and second-grade students who were functioning at a frustration level. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Failure, Learning Disabilities, Performance Factors
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Dewson, Michael R. J.; Whitely, John H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
Eighteen second- and third-grade children were assigned to each of six conditions formed by the factorial combination of constant interresponse intervals of zero, four, and eight seconds, and self-blame vs other-blame instructional sets. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Elementary Education, Performance Factors, Reaction Time
Anshel, Mark H.; Marisi, Dan Q. – Research Quarterly, 1978
Results of this study suggest that physical endurance may be enhanced if movement is rhythmically coordinated with a musical stimulus. (JD)
Descriptors: Music, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Performance Factors, Performance Tests
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Miller, Patricia H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1978
Suggests an approach to the assessment of children's conservation ability which analyzes the stimulus variables and cognitive performance. The analysis of performance variables focuses on the role of attention. (MP)
Descriptors: Attention, Children, Cognitive Measurement, Conservation (Concept)
Iso-Ahola, Seppo; Roberts, Glyn C. – Research Quarterly, 1977
Causal attributions concerning success or failure by undergraduate students at a motor task followed patterns established by past research in that success is predominantly attributed to internal factors and failure to external factors. (MJB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Failure, Motor Reactions
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Bechtolt, Warren E., Jr.; And Others – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Analysis of the 1976 Carter-Ford debates shows that Carter initiated more topics, spent more time discussing self-initiated topics, and spent slightly more time discussing image-related topics than did Ford. (GW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Debate, Performance Factors
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Landreneau, Eric; Halpin, Gerald – Journal of Educational Research, 1978
Viewing a videotaped model giving responses to a creativity test did have an effect on sixth graders' creativity performance in this study, but the effect varied with sex, race, creativity traits measured, and test used. (MJB)
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Research, Grade 6, Models
Katch, Victor; And Others – Research Quarterly, 1977
Data from two separate experiments conducted to ascertain the optimum protocol for a maximum anaerobic work output test on the bicycle ergometer indicated that the test duration needs to be approximately forty seconds and the optimal frictional resistance five to six kilograms. (MB)
Descriptors: Exercise (Physiology), Performance Factors, Performance Tests, Test Construction
Shapiro, Diane C. – Research Quarterly, 1977
Research suggests that knowledge of the results of their performance facilitates children's development in motor tasks. (JD)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Performance Factors, Physical Activities, Preschool Children
Slaughter, M. H.; And Others – Research Quarterly, 1977
It was concluded that somatotype and body composition was not highly related to physical performance. (JD)
Descriptors: Human Body, Motor Reactions, Performance Factors, Physical Activities
Dallos, Rudi – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1976
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Individual Differences, Intelligence
Swezey, Robert W. – Educational Technology, 1977
General applications, descriptive studies, and cost/feasibility issues. (DAG)
Descriptors: Costs, Decision Making, Educational Media, Information Needs
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