AVERSION TO THE MEAN

Walter L. Strandburg

AVERSION TO THE MEAN

Auteurs-es

Walter L. Strandburg University of Colorado

Résumé

Average grades suggest to some students that one's potential is mediocre. This is threatening to students whose feelings of worth and significance are closely related to their academic achievements. The mean spells mediocrity and some students will fail rather than be mediocre.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Walter L. Strandburg, University of Colorado

Walter L. Strandburg, Ph.D., is Director of Counselling Services at the University of Colorado. Denver Center.

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Publié-e

1972-04-01

Comment citer

Strandburg, W. L. (1972). AVERSION TO THE MEAN. Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill / McGill Journal of Education, 7(001). Consulté à l’adresse https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6863