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ERIC Number: EJ316174
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Causal Attributions of Learning Disabled Children: Individual Differences and Their Implications for Persistence.
Licht, Barbara G.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v77 n2 p208-16 Apr 1985
This study compared the causal attribution by sex for academic failures of 38 learning disabled and 38 nondisabled elementary school students. The relationship between different attributional tendencies and a reading persistence task were also examined. (BS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Individual Testing, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control, Persistence, Reading Achievement, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Effort; Intellectual Achievement Responsibility