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Download full textDi Vesta, Francis J.; And Others – 1971
Three studies investigated goal expectancy as a variable in teaching-learning situations. The first study looked at the effect of the student's expectancy of the type of test to be given on their ability to recall word lists. There was a strong type-of-test expectancy effect in that those persons expecting to recall words in any sequence actually…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Goal Orientation
