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The Relationship Among College Science Student Achievement, Engaged Time, and Personal Characteristics.

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Johnson, T. Franklin; Butts, David P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983

Investigated relationships among college students (N=76) science achievement, engaged time (observed and perceived), personal characteristics of academic aptitude, reasoning ability, attitude toward science, and locus of control. Among the results reported are significant relationships between engaged time measures and achievement, and between…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, College Science

The Influences of Sequenced Instructional Strategy and Locus of Control on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Understanding of the Nature of Science.

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Scharmann, Lawrence C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988

Examines the influence of both locus of control and three instructional strategies to foster an understanding of the nature of science. Reports that the nature of science was most predictable for a separate process/content/teaching methods and logical thinking ability was the best predictor of the nature of science. (Author/YP)

Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Logical Thinking