Discuss ways that learned helplessness may develop and how teachers and parents can respond so that learned helplessness may be replaced by a positive self-concept
What will be an ideal response?
• Repeatedly experiencing failure at a task regardless of how hard the student tries
• Belief that he/she is not capable of performing the task at which he/she has failed
• Parents and/or teachers assisting the student with the difficult task because they a) believe the student is not capable of performing the task, b) are not able to scaffold the student's performance of the task, or c) do not take the time to provide assistance to the student to help the student become independent
• Learned helplessness can be extinguished through a) scaffolding the task, b) providing similar and simpler tasks that may lead up to achieving the more difficult task, c) direct instruction of components of the difficult task, d) providing materials that motivate and interest the student so that he/she desires to overcome the difficulties hindering his/her success
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