Stipek, D., & Gralinski, H. (1991) Flashcards
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What did they set out to find?
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193 3rd graders and 279 junior high students completed questionnaires about achievement-related beliefs before and after they took a maths exam. Girls rated ability lower, expected to do less well, less likely to attribute success to high ability and failure to luck. Reported less pride and stronger desire to hide their paper.
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What were the results?
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The 4 questions in the pretest questionnaire that concerned perceptions of competence and expectations for success were strongly correlated with one another, with a mean of .51 - every correlation was significant.
