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Newsom, Ron; Foxworth, Linda – 1980
A study was conducted which focused on specific teaching strategies and their impact on shifting externalized students toward internality (change of locus of control), on completion rate, and on increase in knowledge of math over a three-month period. Eight adult education classes with ninety-two students from the north Texas area participated in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Educational Research
