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Peer reviewedPerry, Raymond P.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Attributional retraining, the restructuring of an individual's explanations for events in his environment, is proposed as one method of enhancing college student motivation and achievement, particularly for high-risk students. Drawing on previous research and theory, the most promising strategies for using attributional retraining with this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Attribution Theory, Change Strategies
Perry, Raymond P. – Education Canada, 1999
Bernard Weiner and other motivation researchers have explored what happens to students when they try to explain why they succeed or fail. Causal attributions directly affect motivation and make the difference between helpless and mastery-oriented students. Suggestions are offered to educators to help change the attributions of helpless students…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Helplessness
