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effects of the Enright Arithmetic Program on the emotional deficits associated with learned helplessness
| Title: | The effects of the Enright Arithmetic Program on the emotional deficits associated with learned helplessness. |
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| Name(s): |
Johnson, Henry Eugene, III. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Weppner, Daniel B., Thesis advisor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1988 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 171 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a particular mathematics program, which has been proven effective in changing student proficiency in mathematics, will also alter student emotional reactions to failure. The program selected for this study is unique in that through a series of diagnostic tests and remedial lessons, the student and teacher can accurately pinpoint the student's processing errors in mathematics. The sample consisted of 126 eighth grade mathematics students from a public middle school. There were five independent variables: sex, race (black vs. white), attributional style (internal vs. external), proficiency level in mathematics (high vs. low), and grouping for instruction (Enright Program vs. control). The dependent variables consisted of test scores collected before the mathematics program and immediately after completion of the program on the affective factors of anxiety, hostility, and depression. The results showed a significant difference in student emotional reactions to failure after being exposed to the Enright Arithmetic Program as compared to students in the control group. The students in the Enright group had significantly less negative affective reactions to failure in relation to all three of the dependent variables after working with the Enright Arithmetic Program than did the students who were not afforded the opportunity to work with the program. This study thus demonstrated that the Enright Arithmetic Program not only improves student proficiency levels in mathematics, but also alters students' emotional reactions to a stressful failure situation in the classroom in a positive way. | |
| Identifier: | 11930 (digitool), FADT11930 (IID), fau:8849 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988. College of Education |
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| Subject(s): |
Enright Arithmetic Program--Psychological aspects Education, Elementary Education |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11930 | |
| Sublocation: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
