Enhancing the ABCs (Affects, Behavior, Cognitions) in College Students : An Attributional Retraining and Instructional Perspective / Verena H. Menec and Others.

This paper presents a study that examined the effect of an attribution induction on students' performance on a subsequent achievement test. The study was conducted to determine whether an instructor might inculcate desirable attributions as part of a regular classroom interaction and thus improve ac...

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Main Author: Menec, Verena H.
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.
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Physical Description:30 pages
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