THE EFFECTS OF THREE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL VARIABLES ON THE ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOR DISORDERS AND LEARNING DISABILITIES

TOSHIAKI HISAMA

doi:10.4992/psycholres1954.21.41

TOSHIAKI HISAMA

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1979 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 41-44

DOI https://doi.org/10.4992/psycholres1954.21.41

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Published: June 30, 1979 Received: December 11, 1976 Available on J-STAGE: February 24, 2009 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : HISAMA, T. 1976a Achievement motivation and the locus of control of children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 9, 387-392.
HISAMA, T. 1976b Achievement motivation and learning disabled children: How to turn on the “lazy” kid. Paper presented at the 5th Illinois-Iowa Council for Children with Learning Disabilities Conference, Davenport, Iowa.
MILLER, M. B. 1963 Response competition and the anxiety_??_drive concept. In N. R. Ellis (Ed.), Handbook of mental deficiency. New York: McGraw-Hill.
NOWICKI, S., & STRICKLANn, B. R. 1973 A locus of control scale for children. Journal of Con- sulting and Clinical Psychology, 40, 148-158.
STRANG, H. R., BRIDGEMAN, B., & CARRICO, M. 1974 Effects of “game” versus “test” task definition for third grade children on three subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Journal of Educational Measurement, 11, 125-128.
WECHSLER, D. 1974 Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. rev. ed. New York: Psychological Corporation.

Right : HISAMA, T. 1976a Achievement motivation and the locus of control of children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 9, 387-392.
HISAMA, T. 1976b Achievement motivation and learning disabled children: How to turn on the “lazy” kid. Paper presented at the 5th Illinois-Iowa Council for Children with Learning Disabilities Conference, Davenport, Iowa.
MILLER, M. B. 1963 Response competition and the anxiety-as-drive concept. In N. R. Ellis (Ed.), Handbook of mental deficiency. New York: McGraw-Hill.
NOWICRI, S., & STRICKLAND, B. R. 1973 A locus of control scale for children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 40, 148-158.
STRANG, H. R., BRIDGEMAN, B., & CARRICO, M. 1974 Effects of “game” versus “test” task definition for third grade children on three subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Journal of Educational Measurement, 11, 125-128.
WECHSLER, D. 1974 Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. rev. ed. New York: Psychological Corporation.

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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : HISAMA, T. 1976a Achievement motivation and the locus of control of children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 9, 387-392.
HISAMA, T. 1976b Achievement motivation and learning disabled children: How to turn on the “lazy” kid. Paper presented at the 5th Illinois-Iowa Council for Children with Learning Disabilities Conference, Davenport, Iowa.
MILLER, M. B. 1963 Response competition and the anxiety-as-drive concept. In N. R. Ellis (Ed.), Handbook of mental deficiency. New York: McGraw-Hill.
NOWICRI, S., & STRICKLAND, B. R. 1973 A locus of control scale for children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 40, 148-158.
STRANG, H. R., BRIDGEMAN, B., & CARRICO, M. 1974 Effects of “game” versus “test” task definition for third grade children on three subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Journal of Educational Measurement, 11, 125-128.
WECHSLER, D. 1974 Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. rev. ed. New York: Psychological Corporation.

Right : HISAMA, T. 1976a Achievement motivation and the locus of control of children with learning disabilities and behavior disorders. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 9, 387-392.
HISAMA, T. 1976b Achievement motivation and learning disabled children: How to turn on the “lazy” kid. Paper presented at the 5th Illinois-Iowa Council for Children with Learning Disabilities Conference, Davenport, Iowa.
MILLER, M. B. 1963 Response competition and the anxiety-as-drive concept. In N. R. Ellis (Ed.), Handbook of mental deficiency. New York: McGraw-Hill.
NOWICKI, S., & STRICKLAND, B. R. 1973 A locus of control scale for children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 40, 148-158.
STRANG, H. R., BRIDGEMAN, B., & CARRICO, M. 1974 Effects of “game” versus “test” task definition for third grade children on three subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Journal of Educational Measurement, 11, 125-128.
WECHSLER, D. 1974 Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. rev. ed. New York: Psychological Corporation.

Abstract

The Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was administered to 48 children with behavior disorders and learning disabilities. The group, divided into the high and low locus of control groups based on the Scale, was given two verbal and two nonverbal subtests taken from WISC-R. To investigate effects of three experimental variables on achievement motivation, children under one condition were told that they were going to take a test while the other group was told that they were going to play a game. A data analysis of the three-way analysis of variance revealed that the children were more highly motivated under the test condition than under the game condition. Also, significant interaction effects between “game vs. test, ” “verbal vs. nonverbal, ” and “high vs. low locus of control” were found.

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