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Direct linkHwang, Jihyun – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2019
The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3-25. https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3, 1979) to explain students' feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy in PISA 2012 and learned helplessness were also observed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Peer reviewedLuchow, Jed P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The study involving 28 educationally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled LD/EH children (mean ages 13 and 12 years) included among its results that EH Ss took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did LD/EH Ss; EH Ss attributed success to ability but failure to both lack of ability and lack of effort.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness
Peer reviewedDudley-Marling, Curtis C.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
A literature review reveals that learning disabled children are more likely than normal achievers to attribute successes, but not failures, to external factors. The implications of locus of control for the field of learning disabilities are discussed in terms of its relation to academic achievement, learned helplessness, and remediation programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Children
