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Bulus, Mustafa – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the prospective teachers' locus of control in goal orientations and of both orientations in academic achievement. The participants were 270 undergraduate students studying in different majors at the Faculty of Education in Pamukkale University. Goal Orientations and Locus of Control Scales were…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement
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Rubie, Christine M.; Townsend, Michael A. R.; Moore, Dennis W. – Educational Psychology, 2004
Children aged seven to 10 from the indigenous Maori minority group in New Zealand participated in a year-long cultural intervention designed to increase self-esteem and locus of control. The intervention incorporated good teaching practices linked to self-esteem and locus of control with principles of culturally relevant teaching. Compared to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Minority Groups, Intervention
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Zafiropoulou, Maria; Karmba-Schina, Chryssoula – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2005
This study presents a psycho-educational intervention using cognitive-behavioral techniques to modify and improve thinking strategies as well as facilitate behavioral adjustment and generalization of strategy use in children with learning disabilities attending mainstream schools. One hundred and twenty Greek pupils in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Attention Control, Foreign Countries