Through a descriptive case study methodology, this thesis describes the possible impact of an inquiry curriculum on four low-achieving students' causal attributions. Inclass observations, retrospective interviews and questionnaires were used to examine the possible effects of this instructional approach on the students' causal thinking patterns. Inquiry was found to have a possible influence on three of the four students' causal attributions. These three student's causal attributions shifted from a maladaptive pattern to a more adaptive pattern while using an inquiry curriculum. Inquiry was believed to be linked to the changes found in three of the students insofar as effort and control are integral parts of an inquiry curriculum. The fourth student's attributional pattern was largely unaffected by the inquiry curriculum. The results are further interpreted in light of the instructional context and the teacher's influence and control over the inquiry process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.38240 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Mitchell, Sidney N. |
| Contributors | Rejskind, Gillian (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001875965, proquestno: NQ78735, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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