Individual Differences and the Development of Perceived Control (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)

ISBN 10: 0226761711 / ISBN 13: 9780226761718

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Individual Differences and the Development of Perceived Control (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226761711
• ISBN 13: 9780226761718
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

One of the strongest predictors of children's school performance are individual differences in perceived control: those beliefs about how effective the self can be in producing desired outcomes. Drawing perspectives from both developmental and individual differences research, this longitudinal study documents the cycles in which children who develop optimal profiles of control are more actively engaged and have better academic success, (or in contrast, how children may doubt their capacities, experience lower scholastic achievement, and believe in the power of luck or unknown forces.) Further, the results show how these cycles may change with age, and suggest ways to improve children's perceived control.

From the Back Cover

The primary contribution of this Monograph is the description of individual differences in developmental trajectories of children's control and engagement in the classroom from the beginning of the third to the end of the seventh grade and the examination of systematic predictors of different trajectories.