Learned Helplessness in Task-Orienting versus Performance-Orienting Testing Conditions.

Stipek, Deborah J.; Kowalski, Patricia S.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Learned Helplessness in Task-Orienting versus Performance-Orienting Testing Conditions.

Stipek, Deborah J.; Kowalski, Patricia S.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n3 p384-91 Sep 1989

A study involving 110 fifth- and sixth-graders (51 male and 59 female), classified as low or high in effort orientation, assessed the effects of task- versus performance-oriented instructions on a computer-assisted test programed to ensure that all examinees failed to solve all problems. Problem-solving strategy analyses were preformed. (TJH)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Helplessness, Intermediate Grades, Performance Factors, Problem Solving, Task Analysis

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Language: English

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