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Ghasemi, Farshad; Karimi, Mohammad Nabi – Middle School Journal, 2021
In all educational settings, teachers are likely to encounter learners with different emotional and cognitive characteristics, particularly learners who are demotivated or disengaged and as a result misbehave in the classroom. Learned helplessness (LH) is associated with such emotional and motivational deficits in academic performance. This study…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Intervention
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Williams, Mary V.; Barber, William H. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
The question of whether special education students exhibit more learned helpless behavior and a more external locus of control than regular students is examined. The effects of these psychological conditions on school success are considered, and programs for alleviating learned helplessness and establishing a more internal locus of control are…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attribution Theory, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns