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Students' Motivational Goals and Beliefs about Effort and Ability as They Relate to College Academic Success.
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Livengood, Janice M. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study of 125 first-year students at Peabody College (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee) investigated psychological processes underlying college success. Results indicated students' rules of reasoning about effort and ability, motivational goals, and confidence in their intelligence were strongly related to types of participation in college and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Beliefs, College Freshmen