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Thompson, Ted; Dinnel, Dale L. – Educational Psychology, 2007
The self-worth theory of achievement motivation holds that in situations in which poor performance is likely to reveal low ability, certain students (known as self-worth protective students) intentionally withdraw effort in order to avoid the negative implications of poor performance in terms of damage to self-worth. In this study, evidence of…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Economically Disadvantaged, Females, Achievement Need