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| Academic Failure | 1 |
| Attribution Theory | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Helplessness | 1 |
| Learning Disabilities | 1 |
| Locus of Control | 1 |
| Mild Disabilities | 1 |
| Mild Mental Retardation | 1 |
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| Journal of Learning… | 1 |
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| Luchow, Jed P. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLuchow, Jed P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The study involving 28 educationally handicapped (EH) and 25 learning disabled LD/EH children (mean ages 13 and 12 years) included among its results that EH Ss took significantly more personal responsibility for academic failure than did LD/EH Ss; EH Ss attributed success to ability but failure to both lack of ability and lack of effort.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Helplessness
