Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Perfectionism (Personality trait); Caricatures and cartoons--Therapeutic use; Bibliotherapy for children; Child psychotherapy;
Abstract
Many students, especially high achievers, develop perfectionist tendencies during early childhood. It is important to teach students early to manage their perfectionism to avoid many negative consequences of neurotic perfectionism such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, procrastination , or underachievement, and to avoid entrenchment of behaviors. Traditionally, bibliotherapy and role-play have been used to help students recognize perfectionistic traits and learn strategies for ameliorating negative effects. But cartoon analysis is another potentially useful approach.
This pretest-posttest control group - experimental group design study of first, second and third graders (n = 46) compared concept acquisition and enjoyment of learning about perfectionism under two conditions: bibliotherapy and role-play (control ) compared to analysis and construction of cartoons (experimental ). Posttest results showed students learned significantly more content in the experimental condition with a medium effect size. Teacher observations showed that students were more engaged in the cartoon condition, appreciating the humor of the cartoons and the opportunity to apply their learning in making their own cartoons. In contrast, although most students reported liking the bibliotherapy, some complained of boredom or apathy. The researchers recommend that both bibliotherapy and cartoon analysis be used in lessons about perfectionism to maintain student interest and comprehension of the comments.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
First Advisor
Audrey C. Rule
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (22 pages)
Copyright
©2012 Miranda L. Zousel
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zousel, Miranda L., "Teaching perfectionism through cartoons compared to bibliotherapy for primary grade students" (2012). Graduate Research Papers. 250.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/250
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Child Psychology Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Elementary Education Commons
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