Mean responses of 120 high school students (46 boys, 74 girls) of high ability appeared to differ from the norms in selected attributional processes related to algebra. Reported variances of the Mathematics Attribution Scale were similar to those obtained from academically talented high school students. These findings support the generalizability of some psychometric properties of the scale to other samples, regions, and times.
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