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Reflections on "The Effects of Combined Strategy and Attribution Training on LD Adolescents' Spelling Performance."
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Fulk, Barbara M. – Exceptionality, 1996
This article discusses the importance of attribution and strategy training for understanding motivation in students with learning disabilities, contributions of attributions to the larger motivational schema, and problems associated with measuring this affective variable. (DB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Locus of Control
Locus of Control and Learning Disabilities: A Review and Discussion.
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Dudley-Marling, Curtis C.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
A literature review reveals that learning disabled children are more likely than normal achievers to attribute successes, but not failures, to external factors. The implications of locus of control for the field of learning disabilities are discussed in terms of its relation to academic achievement, learned helplessness, and remediation programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Children
Reflections on "Social Attributions of Students with Learning Disabilities."
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Tur-Kaspa, Hana – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1993
The author of EC 608 658 reflects on her interest in the social life of students with learning disabilities, the relationship of her study to other studies on social behavior and self-concept, the finding that students with learning disabilities attribute both internal and external factors for successful outcomes, and the importance of attribution…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities