Observational study reveals that fear of failure drives self-undermining behaviors in community college students, highlighting the critical need for proactive instructor intervention.
This article considers the risk of failing college and how the fear of failure shapes students' behavior. Drawing on a semester-long study of students and instructors in a community college English composition course, this analysis highlights the potential for students to undermine their own educational goals in the absence of active intervention from the college, especially from course instructors.
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