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Direct linkKennedy, Mary M. – Educational Researcher, 2010
Social psychologists are persuaded that researchers as well as laymen tend to overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimate the influence of situations on observed behavior. The author of this article suggests that education researchers and policy makers may be overestimating the role of personal qualities in their quest to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Effectiveness, Psychologists, Researchers
