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Gender Differences on Attribution Patterns in Academic Areas for Learning Disabled Students.
Ryckman, David B.; Peckham, Percy D. – Learning Disabilities Research, 1986
The Survey of Achievement Responsibility was used to compare causal attribution patterns of 376 learning disabled (LD) boys and 177 LD girls (grades 4-11). Girls had higher effort and luck attributions in academic success situations than did boys and higher ability attributions for academic failure situations. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education
Causal Attributions of Learning-Disabled Children: Developmental Patterns and Relation to Academic Progress.
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Kistner, Janet A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
The relationship of achievement attributions of 34 learning-disabled children (in grades three through eight) to academic progress and developmental patterns of attributional styles was examined in longitudinal studies (continuing for two years). Developmental changes in achievement attributions parallel those of non-disabled peers (n=40), but…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Developmental Stages
Causal Attributions of Learning Disabled Children: Individual Differences and Their Implications for Persistence.
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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