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ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION, INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND CHOICE BETWEEN DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE COURSES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
Author(s) -
REID I.,
COHEN L.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1973.tb00739.x
Subject(s) - psychology , certificate , academic achievement , internalization , social psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , genetics , algorithm , biology , computer science , cell
S ummary . Enrolment in B.Ed. as opposed to certificate courses in a sample of 168 college of education students matched by sex, academic qualifications, and course requirements was found to be associated with high N Ach, high internalization of responsibility for success, and low internalization of responsibility for failure. Personal orientation towards achievement is suggested as a critical yet relatively unresearched variable in college course choice and selection.