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Boggiano, Ann K.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1993
Examined the hypothesis that processes other than those related to concepts about ability produce helplessness in children younger than 10. Found that eight year olds did not experience helplessness in response to feedback about their failure in an achievement task but did experience helplessness when they failed to perform a physical task. (MM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Emotional Response, Helplessness
Lonky, Edward; Reihman, Jacqueline – 1980
This study tests the hypothesis that individual differences in locus of control orientation may mediate elementary school students' responses to positive verbal feedback. A total of 30 kindergarten through fourth grade subjects were assessed for locus of control orientation using the Bialer Children's Locus of Control Questionnaire. To establish a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Individual Differences
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Matthews, Wendy S.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Compared the school behavior of 15 epileptic children with that of diabetic and healthy children. The epileptic children were more likely to attribute the success or failure of their school performance to unknown sources of control, and to hold less positive feelings about school and their own self-worth. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Kendall, Philip C.; And Others – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1976
Institutionalized emotionally disturbed boys and noninstitutionalized normal boys were administered the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children. Locus of control and separate factor scores were calculated. Helplessness factor scores, but not overall locus of control scores, differentiated the two groups. (BJG)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Licht, Barbara G.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This study compared the causal attribution by sex for academic failures of 38 learning disabled and 38 nondisabled elementary school students. The relationship between different attributional tendencies and a reading persistence task were also examined. (BS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
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Kremer, Lya; Lifmann, Margot – College Student Journal, 1982
Investigated possible reflections of teachers' locus of control in their professional attributions in educational situations. Findings based on a random sample of 190 elementary school teachers point to significant differences between high and low scores on the I.E. Scale (Rotter, 1966) in attribution of responsibility in several educational…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Pflaum, Susanna W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Learning disabled and slowly developing readers were assigned to reading instruction programs on context cue use differing only in extent of pupil control over determination of errors. Results indicated no main effect for experimental condition. Interaction was found, however, between pretreatment locus of attribution and experimental condition.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Attribution Theory, Context Clues, Elementary Education
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Skinner, Ellen A.; Connell, James P.; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1998
Examined age differences in the operation of beliefs-performance cycles and the effects of these cycles on the development of children's perceived control and classroom engagement from the third to the seventh grade. Found that children who experienced teachers as warm and contingent were more likely to develop optimal profiles of control. Beliefs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
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Kremer, Lya; Ben-Peretz, Miriam – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1980
The predictive ability of five characteristics of elementary school teachers on curriculum implementation was studied. The variables were dogmatism, knowledge, seniority, attitudes, and locus of control. Dogmatism was the best predictor; attitude was the poorest. Locus of control, as hypothesized, was related to the attribution of success or…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dogmatism, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Rohrkemper, Mary – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Elementary school students (N=144) differing in classroom adjustment were presented with three written vignettes portraying inappropriate student behavior. Students' predictions of their teacher's motivation and responses to the vignette characters, as well as their own response and understanding, were analyzed for differences by grade, sex, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Measures, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
Brophy, Jere E.; Rohrkemper, Mary M. – 1982
Several teacher motivation variables were examined for relationships to stategies teachers use for responding to problem students. During interviews, 98 elementary school teachers described general strategies to twelve types of problem students: (1) failure syndrome; (2) perfectionist; (3) underachiever; (4) low achiever; (5) hostile aggressive;…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, Discipline, Elementary Education
Carrier, Carol; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1985
Describes a study of sixth graders which was conducted to determine whether general ability or locus of control influences selection of instructional options in a computer-based lesson on four propaganda techniques used in advertisements, and whether the selection of options increases achievement on tests involving classification of new items.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation
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Marcinkiewicz, Henryk R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994
Reports on a study examining how well several personal variables predict elementary school teachers' use of computers for teaching. Variables examined included innovativeness, teacher locus of control, perceived relevance of computers, and self-competence in using computers. Data on age, gender, and years of computer experience were also…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Soar, Robert S.; Soar, Ruth, M. – 1978
Four general problems (two substantive, two methodological) were addressed in a research project: (1) Does the nature of the pupil or the setting make a difference in the teaching style which is most effective? (2) Does the cognitive level of the learning objective make a difference? (3) How can relationships within the classroom be analyzed? and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Crist-Whitzel, Janet L.; Hawley-Winne, Barbara J. – 1976
Relationships between cognitive and affective learner characteristics or "aptitudes" and mathematics achievement for sixth-graders in three instructional treatments in one school district were examined. Aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) analyses were performed to test for differential prediction of achievement outcomes among treatments, using…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction