The impact of positive mood on learning

被引:41
作者
Bryan, T [1 ]
Mathur, S [1 ]
Sullivan, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, IL 60680 USA
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D O I
10.2307/1511058
中图分类号
G76 [特殊教育];
学科分类号
040109 [特殊教育学];
摘要
The primary intent of this study was to examine the effects of a brief positive mood induction on a learning task that stimulates beginning reading acquisition. A secondary intent was to examine the durability of this effect across a period of two weeks, Sixty students, half average-achieving and half with learning disabilities, were randomly assigned to either a positive or a neutral mood induction condition, In an effort to control for the effects of prior knowledge, all students received instruction in elementary Hindi language on a series of five tasks, After two weeks, the instruction and tasks were readministered, The results of a MANCOVA indicated that both groups of students in the positive mood condition performed better than those in the neutral condition, although not statistically so, However, gain scores indicated that across a two-week period, students with learning disabilities in the positive condition performed significantly better than students with learning disabilities in the neutral condition.
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页码:153 / 162
页数:10
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