Causal attributions for school-related problems: Teacher perceptions and teacher feedback

Conducted 2 studies with a total of 54 teachers to examine classroom teachers' attributions for severe school problems. In both studies, teachers who had referred a student for psychological services were asked to assign causality for the referral problem. In Exp II, teacher praise and criticis...

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Published in:Journal of educational psychology 1979-12, Vol.71 (6), p.809-818
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Behavior Problems
Child
Classroom Behavior
Feedback
Female
Human
Humans
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Teacher Attitudes
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Teaching
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