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Peer reviewedPflaum, Susanna W.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 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
Download full textTramill, James L.; Kleinhammer, P. Jeannie – 1982
Typical learned helplessness research has involved the presentation of non-contingent, aversive events followed by measures of performance on subsequent tasks; recent investigations have focused on the effect of non-contingent rewards. To examine the effects of non-contingent rewards on children, two studies were conducted, in which children were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Processes, Contingency Management
Willings, David; Greenwood, Bill – Gifted Education International, 1990
A program of intervention called therapeutic tutoring to help underachievers is described. Intervention centers around students' loci of control, through a process of identifying areas in which students feel empowered and relating academic experiences to these areas. Academic exercises based on Monopoly, cricket, rugby, soap operas, field hockey,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Individual Power
