PREDICTORS OF GLOBAL SELF-WORTH AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG REGULAR EDUCATION, LEARNING DISABLED, AND CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

From: Adolescence | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Kreil, Dennis A.; Wiest, Dudley J.; Wong, Eugene H. | Copyright information

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While academic performance and achievement motivation among elementary school students have received considerable attention, far less is known with respect to adolescents. The primary purpose of this project was to examine the ability of measures of perceived competence, control, and autonomy support to predict self-worth and academic performance with a group of regular education, learning disabled, and continuation high school students. Stepwise regression anal...

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