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Portman, Penelope A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1995
Field observations of and interviews with 13 low-skilled 6th graders in physical education indicated that they all exhibited symptoms of learned helplessness. Students had knowledge of being low-skilled, and they experienced teachers communicating low expectations to them. Students were unwilling to expend effort to learn skills, so they were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Competence, Educational Experience
Perry, Raymond P. – Education Canada, 1999
Bernard Weiner and other motivation researchers have explored what happens to students when they try to explain why they succeed or fail. Causal attributions directly affect motivation and make the difference between helpless and mastery-oriented students. Suggestions are offered to educators to help change the attributions of helpless students…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Helplessness
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Valas, Harald – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2001
Data for 1,833 Norwegian students in grades 4, 7, and 9 show that learning disabled (LD) (n=214) and low achieving (not diagnosed as LD; n=156) attributed success in mathematics and language to ability to a greater extent than other students. LD students showed more helplessness than other low achieving students, although these students showed…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Helplessness
Oehlberg, Barbara E. – Corwin Press, 2006
Not all children cope equally well with the stresses and traumas life throws their way, and every educator recognizes that "deer in the headlights" look some children get when current events and past traumas combine to trigger a fight-or-flight stress response. No matter how safe the classroom may be in reality, trauma deactivates cognitive…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Learning Processes, Anxiety, Psychological Patterns
Furio, Brian J. – 1987
Employing learned helplessness theory as a trait orientation, a study examined the interrelationships existing between instructor classroom behaviors, student perceptions of control, and student behavioral responses in the college classroom. Subjects, 317 male and female undergraduate students who were enrolled in communication courses at West…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Foster, Judith L. – 1988
Because intermediate grade students were not working up to their potential, a coordinator of elementary school instruction implemented a practicum to increase students' motivation. In-service meetings were held with six intermediate grade teachers from each of two schools for the purpose of planning techniques and devising activities for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Failure
Sergent, Justine; Lambert, Wallace E. – 1978
Studies in the past have shown that reinforcements independent of the subjects actions may induce a feeling of helplessness. Most experiments on learned helplessness have led researchers to believe that uncontrollability (non-contingency of feedback upon response) was the determining feature of learned helplessness, although in most studies…
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Error Patterns, Experimental Psychology
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Boggiano, Ann K.; Katz, Phyllis – Journal of Social Issues, 1991
Summarizes research concerning the long-range effects of teachers' controlling strategies and children's motivational orientations on achievement-related behaviors. Evidence suggests that children with an extrinsic motivation toward schoolwork suffer from important deficits that are influenced by teaching strategy. Research findings are discussed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Adjustment (to Environment), Coping
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Clark, Jolene; Tollefson, Nona – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1991
On measures of ability to improve writing quality, motivation to write, confidence in writing, and attitudes toward writing, 29 middle level students classified as mastery oriented consistently scored higher than 21 students classified as helpless. The 66 students classified as neither mastery oriented nor helpless had mean scores between the…
Descriptors: Gifted, Goal Orientation, Helplessness, Intermediate Grades
Crosser, Sandra – Early Childhood News, 1996
Presents a case study illustrating learned helplessness orientation in preschool children and how adult responses to a child's successes and failures directly influence a child's perception of his or her abilities. Suggests that teachers should compliment successes by highlighting the ability demonstrated and address failures with comments…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies
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Karp, Karen Silliman – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
The teaching behavior and instructional methods of elementary school teachers were investigated to determine whether teachers with positive attitudes toward mathematics employ different methods in mathematics instruction than those with negative attitudes. Overall, teachers with negative attitudes employed methods that fostered dependency whereas…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 6
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Bat-Hayim, MaryLouise – Annals of Dyslexia, 1997
Describes the Language and Learning Seminar, a college course at York University, Ontario, that is designed to help students with learning disabilities grapple with learned helplessness issues. The supportive group process of learning therapy is embedded into the writing course, helping students address the emotional concomitants of failure and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Coping, Course Content
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Walker, Rhonda; Bunsen, Teresa D. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1995
This literature review examined the current status of young adults with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) two to five years after leaving high school, in employment, residential environment, social and interpersonal networks, dependency, and learned helplessness. Suggestions for school-implemented community adjustment programs are offered. (DB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Employment
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Abrami, Philip C.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
The impact of learning mathematics under successful and unsuccessful cooperative group conditions was studied for 181 seventh graders in Montreal (Quebec) who had a learned-helplessness or mastery-oriented attributional style and different prior mathematics achievement. Learning of helpless and less able students may depend on accomplishments and…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis
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Marks, S. B. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
Links the literature on learned helplessness with best practices in teaching children who are deaf-blind. Defines "learned helplessness" and "mastery motivation;" considers identification of learned helplessness; and offers suggestions such as rewarding independent rather than dependent behaviors and integrating orientation, mobility, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Congenital Impairments, Daily Living Skills
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