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Shorr, David N.; Young, Timothy W. – 1984
To investigate locus of control and its relationships to ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and academic achievement, a large sample of Black, Mexican-American, Native American, and White students in the fourth, fifth, and seventh grades were administered the Academic Achievement Accountability Questionnaire (a locus-of-control questionnaire)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, American Indians, Blacks
Wesley, Beth Eddinger; And Others – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1985
Describes a study to determine effects of computer-assisted instruction (versus a text mode of programed instruction) and locus of control on preservice elementary teachers' computer literacy achievement. Differences in test scores of externally controlled individuals favored CAI. There were no differences between treatments when internally…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design, Elementary School Teachers
Download full textRehn, Robert A. – 1985
The relationship between student personality traits and achievement with either mediated self-instruction or didactic large group instruction was investigated. Subjects were 159 female third-year nursing students at Loyola University of Chicago. Subjects received instruction on tracheostomy care and intravenous (I.V.) therapy through either a…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Audiotape Recordings, Autoinstructional Aids, Dogmatism
