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The Control, Agency, and Means-ends Beliefs Interview 
CONCEPTUAL VERSION 
ENGLISH 
CONTROL BELIEFS 
Positive Events 
When I sit myself down to learn something really hard, I can learn 
17. 
it. 
13. 
If I decide not to get any bad grades, I can really do it. 
47. If I decide not to get any problems wrong (like on a spelling paper), 
I can really do it. 
41. If I want to do good in school, I can. 
Negative Events 
I have the feeling that I can't figure out the right answers (like on 
16. 
a math test), even when I try as hard as I can. 
7. 
When I see that something bad is going to happen in school, I can't 
do anything to stop it. 
46. 
When it looks like I'm going to get a bad grade, there is nothing I 
can do to keep from getting it. 
55. I get the grades I'm going to get, no matter what I do. 
AGENCY BELIEFS 
EFFORT 
Positive Events 
19. If I want to, I can make myself really try hard in school. 
1. I can really pay attention in class. 
48. When it comes down to it, I can really work hard at school. 
54. If I decide to, I can listen very carefully to what my teacher says. 
Negative Events 
6. I have a hard time making myself listen carefully to the teachers.