Is aiming high always a good thing? A behavioral model of aspiration failure with evidence from lower-secondary students in China
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DOI: 10.1177/10434631241264122
Abstract: While extensive research has focused on the impact of educational expectations on academic performance, limited studies have explored the behavioral implications of educational aspirations, which are often presumed to have a monotonically increasing motivational effect.… read more here.
Keywords: motivational effect; educational aspirations; behavioral model; aspiration failure ... See more keywords