Strategies to Motivate Helpless and Mastery-Oriented Children: The Effect of Gender-Based Expectancies.

Boggiano, Ann K.; Barrett, Marty

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ERIC Number: EJ438661

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Publication Date: 1991

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Strategies to Motivate Helpless and Mastery-Oriented Children: The Effect of Gender-Based Expectancies.

Boggiano, Ann K.; Barrett, Marty

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v25 n9-10 p487-510 Nov 1991

Five studies, involving 70 male, 133 female, and 6 unknown adults, examine potential determinants of gender differences in helplessness of children by investigating 2 steps in the expectancy confirmation process: gender-based expectations, and proposed differential treatment for inadequate academic performance based on gender. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Children, College Students, Elementary Education, Females, Helplessness, Higher Education, Low Achievement, Males, Motivation Techniques, Psychological Patterns, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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