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Ganz, Barbara C.; Ganz, Martin N. – College Teaching, 1988
Results of a study of test anxiety among community college students are reported, and their implications for intervention are discussed. It is suggested that evaluation anxiety be reduced by reducing emotional arousal, modifying the learning environment, developing a cognitive task orientation, and involving the college staff in cooperating for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students, Coping

Henderson, Ronald W. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1986
Principles arising from aspects of Vygotsky's ideas for the development of self regulation and from cognitive social learning theory are discussed. It is suggested that present methods of teaching mathematics are not adequate and that the use of instructional technology is needed to overcome the shortcomings. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Helplessness, Information Technology

Kennelly, Kevin J.; Mount, Suzanne A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Studied 86 sixth graders to determine relationships among perceived contingency of teacher-administered reinforcements, locus of control, teacher ratings of children's helplessness-competence, and academic achievement. Children's internality of locus of control and their perceptions that teachers contingently administer rewards were predictive of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Elementary Education, Grade 6

And Others; Hannum, Robert D. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Inescapable shock given to weanling rats produced large deficits in adult escape behavior. Experience with escapable shock while a weanling immunizes the animal against the deficits produced by inescapable shock received as an adult. Implications of these findings for animal models of human depression are discussed. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning

Pflaum, Susanna W.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
Given a consistent interaction of student locus of attribution and mode of teacher response, the study sought to determine whether attribution levels could be changed for 69 elementary grade learning disabled students and poor readers. The results indicate that difficulty is encountered in trying to change students' attributions, (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Feedback, Helplessness
Roueche, John E.; Mink, Oscar G. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1982
Reviews research on the effects of repeated experiences of helplessness and on locus of control. Identifies conditions necessary for overcoming learned helplessness; i.e., the potential for learning to occur; consistent reinforcement; relevant, valued reinforcers; and favorable psychological situation. Recommends eight ways for teachers to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Helplessness

Butkowsky, Irwin S.; Willows, Dale M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Fifth-grade boys of relatively good, average, and poor reading ability were assessed on tasks in which success and failure were manipulated. Consistent with predictions, poor readers displayed characteristics indicative of learned helplessness and low self-concepts of ability, including low expectations and less persistence. (Instructional…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Expectation, Failure, Grade 5

Hooker, Carol E. – Social Work, 1976
Learned helplessness--the belief that a person's actions have no influence on the outcome of an event--is similar in many respects to the crisis state and depression. The author shows how this impaired social and psychological functioning occurs and identifies techniques that the social worker can use to prevent it. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Change Strategies, Counseling

Sue, Stanley – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1977
The primary purpose of this article is to stress the importance of control among Asian Americans and to facilitate some understanding and awareness of the issues facing this group, rather than to provide some specific guidelines for counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Helplessness

Hallenbeck, Mark J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
A study examined how Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing (SCIW), helped enable four seventh-graders with learning disabilities to take over responsibility for their own writing performance and to scaffold one another's writing development. Teacher modeling and scaffolding, writing process collaboration, and structuring think-sheets enabled…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Restructuring, Cooperative Learning, Helplessness
Hardy, Lawrence – American School Board Journal, 2003
Health professionals concerned about children's mental health say schools have become more stressful places and that many students cannot handle the pressure. Factors contributing to students' stress include high-stakes testing, fear of failure, parent pressure, and large impersonal schools. To combat the effects of a large school, Venice High…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure

Hagner, David; Salomone, Paul R. – Career Development Quarterly, 1989
Maintains presumed lack of applicability of vocational development theories to persons with developmental disabilities is rooted in assumptions concerning career behavior, scope of career development strategies, and employment potential of such persons. Suggests types of involvement in career decision making that persons with developmental…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Decision Making

Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum; Bates, Susan – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1988
In a study of 53 psychiatric inpatients (ages 6-13), depressed children reported significantly more hopelessness, more negative self-perceptions, negative self-perceptions across a wider variety of domains, and more dysfunctional attributional styles than nondepressed controls. Additional results suggested that childhood depressive disorders may…
Descriptors: Alienation, Cognitive Style, Depression (Psychology), Elementary Education

Cerezo, M. Angeles; Frias, Dolores – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This study found that, compared to nonmaltreated children, 19 children (ages 8-13) who had been physically and emotionally abused by their parents showed greater depressive symptomatology, including feelings of sadness, lower self-esteem and self-worth, and perceived lack of control over aversive events (helplessness). (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Child Abuse, Children, Depression (Psychology)

Brightman, Baird K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
Forty 17- to 18-year-old subjects scoring above or below a sample median on the Beck Depression Inventory participated in a controlled study to assess their reactions to solvable and unsolvable problems with and without the interference of noise. Under helpless and nonhelpless conditions, depressive symptomatology affected problem-solving ability,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness