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Leggett, Ellen L.; Dweck, Carol S. – 1987
Individual differences in same-aged children's reasoning about effort and ability, as well as the consequences of different forms of reasoning in actual achievement situations, were investigated. It was hypothesized that different forms of children's reasoning would be related to different (helpless versus mastery-oriented) motivational patterns.…
Descriptors: Ability, Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development
