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Measuring Self-Responsibility: A Useful Interpretation
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Vincenzi, Harry; Maraschiello, Richard – Child Development, 1978
Investigated the concurrent validity of the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Scale (IAR), an instrument which measures locus of control in academic achievement situations. Teachers from nine elementary schools rated students in grades 3-6 as internal or external in academic achievement situations. These ratings were then compared with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Locus of Control, Test Validity
The Relation of Internal-External Control to Academic Performance
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Messer, Stanley B. – Child Development, 1972
Boys who took credit for their academic successes and girls who accepted blame for their failures were those most likely to have higher grades and higher achievement test scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conceptual Tempo, Data Analysis, Grade 4
Task Persistence and Locus of Control in Elementary School Children
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Gordon, Donald A.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary School Students
Age Differences in the Dimensions of Perceived Control during Middle Childhood: Implications for Developmental Conceptualizations and Research.
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Skinner, Ellen A. – Child Development, 1990
Assessed children's beliefs about the effectiveness of five causes of school success. At the age of 7-8 years, children differentiated the factors into "unknown" and "other"; at 9-10, "other" was differentiated into "internal" and "external"; at 11-12, "internal" was differentiated into…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory