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Perceived University Students’ Attributions of Their Academic Success and Failure

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dc.creator Mkumbo, Kitila A. K.
dc.creator Amani, Jacqueline
dc.date 2016-03-10T09:03:23Z
dc.date 2016-03-10T09:03:23Z
dc.date 2012
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:50:04Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:50:04Z
dc.identifier Mkumbo, K.A. and Amani, J., 2012. Perceived University Students' Attributions of Their Academic Success and Failure. Asian Social Science, 8(7), p.247.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/801
dc.identifier 10.5539/ass.v8n7p247
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10494
dc.description Full text available at http://search.proquest.com/openview/16357dcd91c1d32baefaad26df5274cd/1?pq-origsite=gschola
dc.description This study examined the applicability of the attribution theory in understanding how students attribute their academic success and failure. Participants involved a sample of 260 undergraduate students at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. They completed an attitude questionnaire scale with items on locus of control, stability and controllability dimensions. The results show that the majority of students attributed their academic performance to internal, stable and controllable factors. High performing students were more likely to attribute their academic performance to internal and controllable factors than low performing students. Success was attributed to internal and controllable factors, while academic failure was attributed to external and uncontrollable factors. Save for sex, the participants’ demographic variables did not statistically significantly influence the attribution pattern. The results of this study confirm the predictions of the attribution theory and are in line with the findings of similar studies conducted in other university settings.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Asian Social Science
dc.subject attribution
dc.subject academic performance
dc.subject academic success
dc.subject academic failure
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Perceived University Students’ Attributions of Their Academic Success and Failure
dc.type Magazine Article


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