Date Approved
6-6-2016
Embargo Period
6-7-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. Special Education
Department
Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education
College
College of Education
Advisor
Kuder, Sydney
Keywords
learned helplessness
Subject(s)
Study skills; Learning disabled teenagers; Academic achievement
Disciplines
Disability and Equity in Education | Special Education and Teaching
Abstract
This research was conducted with high school students eligible for special education services that have also been identified with learned helplessness. Students were given the intervention of study activity and exposure to success via assessments to determine if they would make a connection between their effort and their academic success. This connection is typically absent in learned helpless students. The data indicated that these students did make that connection and would continue the study activity on their own time after the intervention period to continue to experience success.
Recommended Citation
Braunwell, Nancy D., "Connection between effort and academic success in learning disabled students identified with learned helplessness" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 1597.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1597
