Attribution Retraining for Learning Disabled Students: Some Thoughts on the Practical Implications of the Evidence.

Pflaum, Susanna W.; Pascarella, Ernest T.

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ERIC Number: EJ284023

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Publication Date: 1982

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Attribution Retraining for Learning Disabled Students: Some Thoughts on the Practical Implications of the Evidence.

Pflaum, Susanna W.; Pascarella, Ernest T.

Learning Disability Quarterly, (LD Students' Social Skills) v5 n4 p422-26 Fall 1982

Given a consistent interaction of student locus of attribution and mode of teacher response, the study sought to determine whether attribution levels could be changed for 69 elementary grade learning disabled students and poor readers. The results indicate that difficulty is encountered in trying to change students' attributions, (Author/SEW)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Feedback, Helplessness, Individual Power, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Reading Improvement, Student Motivation

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Language: English

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