Abstract
Teacher reports as well as empirical evidence lead to the conclusion that there are marked inter-and intra-individual differences in the energy that a pupil is prepared to spend so as to reach specific immediate and long-range goals. In order to come to grips with this variance in individual behaviour a distinction should be made between the individual’s normal, or habitual way of performing in a classroom context, and his behaviour in a specific situation.
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Boekaerts, M. (1988). Arousal, Telic Dominance and Learning Behaviour. In: Gupta, R.M., Coxhead, P. (eds) Cultural Diversity and Learning Efficiency. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19131-4_8
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