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ERIC Number: EJ251749
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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Increasing Reading Persistence and Altering Attributional Style of Learned Helpless Children.
Fowler, Joseph W.; Peterson, Penelope L.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v73 n2 p251-60 Apr 1981
Twenty-eight learned helpless children (ages 9-13) assessed as reading below grade level were randomly assigned to one of four reinforcement and attribution retaining treatments. Indirect and direct attribution retaining increased childrens' reading persistence and their attribution of failure on the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility scale to lack of effort. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Expectation, Helplessness, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Persistence, Reading Achievement, Reading Failure, Reinforcement, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Gray Oral Reading Test; Intellectual Achievement Responsibility