Assessing Learned Helplessness in Poor Readers.

Winograd, Peter; Niquette, Garland

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ERIC Number: EJ373528

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Assessing Learned Helplessness in Poor Readers.

Winograd, Peter; Niquette, Garland

Topics in Language Disorders, v8 n3 p38-55 Jun 1988

Feelings of helplessness can impact on learning to read. This research review illustrates problems in assessing learned helplessness, including instrumentation inadequacies, lack of comprehensive causal schemes, context specificity, etc. Observations of and discussions with the child are recommended in the assessment process. Guidelines for dealing with learned helplessness are provided. (JDD)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Helplessness, Locus of Control, Metacognition, Psychological Characteristics, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Self Concept, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Language and Cognitive Processing: Issues for Assessment and Intervention.