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The Influence of Coping Strategies on the Manifestation of Learned Helplessness.
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Cullen, Joy L.; Boersma, Frederic, J. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
Untrained normal achievers attributed failure to adoption of specific task strategies, while untrained learning disabled boys attributed failure to task difficulty. Characteristics of learned helplessness were apparent in the impaired performance of the learning-disabled boys. Normal achievers appeared to have developed active and independent…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Coping, Failure, Grade 4
Cognitive Developmental Level Gender, and the Development of Learned Helplessness on Mathematical Calculation and Reasoning Tasks.
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Monaco, Nanci M.; Gentile, J. Ronald – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
This study was designed to test whether a learned helplessness treatment would decrease performance on mathematical tasks and to extend learned helplessness findings to include the cognitive development dimension. Results showed no differential advantages to either sex in resisting effects of learned helplessness or in benefiting from strategy…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Helplessness, High Schools, Locus of Control
To Succeed or Not to Succeed: A Critical Review of Issues in Learned Helplessness.
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Mark, Sandra Fay – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1983
A critical analysis of theoretical and methodological issues in research on learned helplessness is presented. As studied in achievement settings using achievement tasks, learned helplessness is perceived as maladaptive behavior. It has not been studied as an adaptive response to situational demands. New directions and educational implications are…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure
Self-Regulated Learning: Implications for the Design of Instructional Media.
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Henderson, Ronald W. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1986
Principles arising from aspects of Vygotsky's ideas for the development of self regulation and from cognitive social learning theory are discussed. It is suggested that present methods of teaching mathematics are not adequate and that the use of instructional technology is needed to overcome the shortcomings. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Helplessness, Information Technology
The Mediating Role of Attribution and Self-Efficacy Variables for Treatment Effects on Achievement Outcomes.
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Relich, Joseph D.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1986
This experiment explored the mediating functions of attributional and self-efficacy variables on achievement outcomes for skill training treatments offered in conjunction with attributional feedback. Children who were identified as learned helpless and deficient in division skills received training on division operations either through modeling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Elementary Education
Underachievers' Cognitive and Behavioral Strategies--Self-Handicapping at School.
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Nurmi, Jari-Erik; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1995
Two studies with a total of 153 junior and senior high-school students and vocational students in Finland investigated whether underachievers applied a self-handicapping or learned-helplessness strategy in achievement contexts. Underachievers seemed to apply a self-handicapping strategy rather than a learned-helplessness approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Group Outcome: The Relationship between Group Learning Outcome, Attributional Style, Academic Achievement, and Self-Concept.
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Abrami, Philip C.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
The impact of learning mathematics under successful and unsuccessful cooperative group conditions was studied for 181 seventh graders in Montreal (Quebec) who had a learned-helplessness or mastery-oriented attributional style and different prior mathematics achievement. Learning of helpless and less able students may depend on accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis