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| Attribution Theory | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Helplessness | 1 |
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| Learning Disabilities | 1 |
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| Journal of Learning… | 1 |
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| Shelton, Terri L. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedShelton, Terri L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Sixteen "helpless" learning disabled students (grades four to five) assigned to an attribution training group demonstrated greater reading persistence and showed significant increases in effort attributions for failure as well as more internal attributions for achievement situations when compared to Ss in the control group. Treatment gains for…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Helplessness
