Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Motivation in education; Teacher-student relationships;
Abstract
This paper reviews the historical development of concepts regarding students' perceptions of achievement and self-efficacy, examines the literature on teachers' perspectives on ability and effort and the various teaching methods used to increase student achievement in the classroom, and evaluates the effects these methods actually have on student effort. The definition of student effort used in this paper is similar to Schlecty's (1994) definition of student "engagement," which is: a student's persistence in completing a task despite challenges and/or obstacles. This paper, however, will not focus on the related areas of gender bias, socioeconomic variances, and ethnic differences that exist in classrooms in the United States and confound student effort.
Year of Submission
1997
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Thomas R. Berg
Date Original
1997
Object Description
1 PDF file (47 pages)
Copyright
©1997 Jeanne Turner
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Turner, Jeanne, "Teachers' positive and negative effects on student effort" (1997). Graduate Research Papers. 700.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/700
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