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Tinto's Model and Locus of Control
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Guarino, A. J.; Hocevar, Dennis – College and University, 2005
Tinto developed a model to predict the attrition process. The model respects a longitudinal perspective and regards persistence as a function of the quality of a student's interactions with the academic and social systems of the college. Tinto asserts that the two primary factors related to student withdrawal are the personal characteristics of…
Descriptors: Models, Locus of Control, Academic Persistence, Student Attrition
Preparing Students for Postsecondary Education
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Hong, Barbara S. S.; Ivy, W. Fred; Gonzalez, Humberto R.; Ehrensberger, Wendy – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2007
Students with disabilities are increasingly enrolled in postsecondary education, yet many of them are not prepared to cope with the rigor of higher education. Students who do not have the skills of self-empowerment often experience frustration and discouragement in the postsecondary setting, leading to their dropping out of school and eventually…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Higher Education, Disabilities, Self Advocacy
Designing for Diversity: Are Field-Dependent Learners Less Suited to Distance Education Programs of Instruction?
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Thompson, Gordon; Knox, Alan B. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
Students who registered for correspondence study were studied in relation to the cognitive style of field-independence. Although results showed participation in correspondence study to be associated with the cognitive style of field-independence, no significant differences were found in persistence behavior or in student evaluations of…
Descriptors: College Students, Correspondence Study, Course Evaluation, Field Dependence Independence