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Peer reviewedHufton, Neil; Elliott, Julian G.; Illushin, Leonid – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Discusses findings of a cross-cultural study of the relation between self-perception of academic competence and achievement, and attribution of achievement to effort or ability. Considers problems in fitting Anglo-American motivation theory with Russian schooling practice. Calls for culturally sensitive, multimethod approaches in which individual…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Children
