College students' implicit theories of ability in sports: race and gender...

Journal of Sport Behavior;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......race differences in implicit theories of ability in sports. Results indicated that both...African Americans to accept the notion of ability as a fixed construct. Entity theories...weaker beliefs in an incremental theory of ability than males. The findings suggest physical...

Gender, Race, and Perceptions of Ability: How Do They Interact to Affect...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......recognize the key role that perceptions of ability play in determining if individuals engage...to affect participants' perceptions of ability. The purpose of this symposium is to examine...interaction of gender, race and perception of ability. The first three speakers will provide...

Chinese children's self-perceptions of ability in physical education

Journal of Research in Childhood Education;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Chinese children's self-perceptions of ability in physical education. Students (n = 131...no grade-related decline in perceived ability. The criteria all students used for judging their own ability included effort, ability, and comparison...

Chinese children's self-perceptions of ability in physical education.

Journal of Research in Childhood Education;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Chinese children's self perceptions of ability in physical education. Students (n = 131...no grade-related decline in perceived ability. The criteria all students used for judging their own ability included effort, ability, and comparison...

Teachers' and students' conceptions of ability in elementary physical...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......and Dweck's (1999, 2002) theories on ability as conceptual frameworks, this study explored teachers' and students' conceptions of ability in elementary physical education. Participants...In contrast, students primarily used ability-related indicators, such as task mastery...

The development of self-perceptions of ability and achievement goals and...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......has revealed that self-perceptions of ability and achievement goals are the two primary...development of students' self-perceptions of ability and achievement goals in the context of physical education. Self-Perceptions of Ability There are various definitions of self...

The Lack of Ability-Related Explanations in Children from India.

The Clearing House;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......investigators to examine age-related changes in ability attributions. Evidence from American...than ten years of age see effort and ability as the same construct, that is, higher effort implies higher ability. Between the ages of ten and twelve...

Ability to focus at will

New Straits Times;  April 28, 2007 ;     533 words ...Shiv Prasad New Straits Times 04-28-2007 Ability to focus at will Byline: Shiv Prasad Edition...What we need be concerned with is the ability to focus at will. Concentration is a learnt skill and the ability to focus at will requires practice. It...

Group's goal: $7m for people with disabilities.(Ability Beyond Disability)

Westchester County Business Journal;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Elliot Finkelstein says Ability Beyond Disability was more than helpful...Adrian. It's beneficial for us and for Ability Beyond Disability. The Finkelsteins...hand at the annual autumn breakfast of Ability Beyond Disability, held at the Holiday...

How children reason about ability from report card grades: a developmental...

Journal of Genetic Psychology;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Young children conceptualize intellectual ability differently than do older children and...smartness. They do not differentiate between ability, effort, and task outcome, nor do they differentiate ability from social behavior (e.g., sharing...

Gender differences in young children's math ability attributions

Psychology Science;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract We examined the structure underlying math ability attributions in 8- to 9-year old boys and girls. As potential determinants of math ability attributions we assessed general ability, grades, teacher evaluation of the student...

Accuracy of Self-Appraisal of Ability and Motivational Beliefs of Children...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2000 ;     428 words ......which children assess their own physical ability can influence their motivation and future...than girls tend to overestimate their ability (Horn and Weiss, 1991; Kaley and Cloutier...Bandura (1997) stated that overestimation of ability, if not too unrealistic, could be advantageous...

Detection of high ability children by teachers and parents: Psychometric...

Psychology Science;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......related to psychometrically determined ability scores. Ninety-three school pupils in...correspondence for creativity and social ability. Correlating teachers' and parents' estimates...better at identifying intellectual (high)ability than detecting creative and social abilities...

Ability and CTB Consulting announce partnership; CTB to assist Ability...

M2 Presswire;  April 4, 2001 ;     577 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-4 April 2001-Ability: Ability and CTB Consulting announce partnership; CTB to assist Ability with implementation support (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04042001 Atlanta GA and Park Ridge NJ -- Ability, a leading provider of...

The influence of gender-related beliefs and conceptions of ability on...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......gender appropriateness and conceptions of ability on perceived and actual competence and...gender appropriateness and conceptions of ability. Four teachers taught across the treatment...study, while beliefs about conceptions of ability did not produce a significant difference...