Learned Helplessness Research Proposal

Paper Summary:

This paper aims to identify, develop and provide a simple and effective learning strategy which teachers can use to help students, who have a tendency to give up or rely on external sources such as teachers, solve problems on their own. According to the paper, students, in order to be productive in all aspects of their lives, need help in overcoming a conditioned and disabling tendency to give up or rely on external sources for solutions. The paper reports that in order to help these students, teachers need proven classroom strategies that are effective in overcoming learned helplessness.

Table of Contents:
Chapter One
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Hypothesis
Importance of the Study
Methodology
Participants
Chapter Two
Introduction
Literature Review
Chapter Three
Introduction
Research Design
Limitations
Validity
Triangulation
Documentation Process
Data Collection/Analysis
Summary

From the Paper:

"Triangulation will be accomplished through different methods of information for example; data collection will be accomplished through collection of data from multiple sources in the study, or specifically from the researcher and teachers/co-researchers. Furthermore this data will be dialectic as it will come from multiple sources within each cycle of the study. Action research allows the vast amount of data acquired in qualitative research to be sifted through during each cycle. Triangulation will be accomplished through the combination of the data of the researcher and the teachers in this study as well as survey/questionnaires of participants in this study."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Altrichter, Herbert (1991) in Gordon, Robert and Gordon, Myrna (nd) "Learned Helplessness and School Failure - Part 2.
• Beer, Michael; and Walton, Anna Elise (1987) Organization change and development. Annual Review of Psychology, 38, 339-367.
• Bleuer, J. C., & Walz, G. R. (2002). New perspectives on counseling underachievers. (Report No. EDO-CG-02-08). Greensboro, NC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services. Retrieved September 21, 2006 from the ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (First Search) database.
• Cemalcilar, Z., Canbeyli, R., & Sunar, D. (2003). Learned helplessness, therapy and personality traits: An experimental study. The Journal of Social Psychology, 143(1), 65-81.
• Firmin, M., Hwang, C., Copella, M., & Clark, S. (2004). Learned helplessness: The effect of failure on test-taking. Education, 124(4) 688-93.

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