What Am I Best At? Grade and Gender Differences in Children's Beliefs About Ability Improvement

Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 379 - 402
Published: Jul 1, 2000
Abstract
The authors assessed age and gender variations in children's beliefs regarding the kinds of activities (academics, sports, music and arts) at which they thought they were best and worst. Children also reported the extent to which they thought they could improve their abilities in these different activities. The authors interviewed 865 first-, second-, and fourth-grade children individually. Children in all three grades were very optimistic that...
Paper Details
Title
What Am I Best At? Grade and Gender Differences in Children's Beliefs About Ability Improvement
Published Date
Jul 1, 2000
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
379 - 402
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