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If I try hard enough, then I will connect my ideas to existing literature in writing.

0.756

If I don’t extending ideas from existing literature in writing, it is because I didn’t try hard enough.

0.538

I think combining and connecting information from different sources is useful for me to write.

0.781

Considering the difficulty of extending ideas from existing literature, I think I will do well in writing.

0.525

When I take a writing piece, I think about how poorly I am doing in combining and connecting information from different sources compared with other students.

0.009

I expect to do well in combining and connecting information from different sources in writing.

0.735

It is my own fault if I don’t combine and connect information from different sources in writing.

0.509

I’m confident I can connecting my ideas to existing literature in writing.

0.434