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  1. Systems of student and teacher motivation: Toward a qualitative definition. (1984)
    Carole Ames, Russell Ames Journal of Educational Psychology

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Goals and cognitions
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The classroom milieu
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The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat: Children's Self and Interpersonal Evaluations in Competitive and Noncompetitive Learning Environments.
1978
Systems of student and teacher motivation: Toward a qualitative definition.
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A Methodology of Inquiry for Self Concept
1975
Informational and dispositional determinants of children's achievement attributions.
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Competitive versus individualistic goal structures: The salience of past performance information for causal attributions and affect.
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Effects of competitive reward structure and valence of outcome on children's achievement attributions.
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Children's Causal Ascriptions for Positive and Negative Interpersonal Outcomes
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An attributional analysis of student help-seeking in academic settings.
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Competitive versus individualistic goal structures: The salience of past performance information for causal attributions and affect.
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Teachers' attributions of responsibility: Some unexpected nondefensive effects.
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Goal Structures and Motivation
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