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EJ393061 TM514468
Title: Concepts of Ability and Effort in Japan and the United States.Author(s): Holloway, Susan D.
Source: Review of Educational Research, v58 n3 p327-45 Fall 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1989
A research
review of ability and effort studies in the United States and Japan
finds: (1) effort considered the primary determinant of achievement
in Japan; (2) different concepts; and (3) the Japanese fostering
task involvement through cooperation. Social structure may account
for the attributional patterns of Japanese children. (SLD)
Descriptors: *Ability; *Academic Achievement; *Attribution Theory;
Comparative Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Traits; *Elementary
Secondary Education; Literature Reviews; Personality; Psychological
Characteristics; Research Reports
Identifiers: *Effort; *Japan; United States
