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Article: Effects of causal attributions following mathematics tasks on student cognitions about a subsequent task.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Experimental Education
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
- Author:
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ABSTRACT. The authors investigated the effects of former learning experiences on how students adapt to challenging mathematics tasks. A distinction has been made between domain-specific variables (goal orientation, self-concept of mathematics ability) and task- (or context-) specific appraisals (estimated competence for, attractiveness and relevance of the task). A model has been developed to explain how motivational variables interact in determining students' adaptive behavior when confronted with a learning task. In this study, the authors examined the adequacy of this model. The main question was whether this model needs to be extended by including causal attributions ...