Raising Children's Expectations for Their Own Performance [electronic resource] / Doris R. Entwisle and Murray A. Webster.

This experiment shows that most children's expectations for their own performance, measured by their rate of volunteering, can be increased. The experiment is closely modeled after laboratory experiments with adults in formal expectation theory. White middle class suburban children of grades 1,...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Entwisle, Doris R.
Corporate Author:	Johns Hopkins University. Center for the Study of Social Organization of Schools
Other Authors:	Webster, Murray A.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970.
Subjects:	Elementary School Students. Expectation. Middle Class. Performance. Story Telling. Suburban Youth. Volunteer Training.