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Kovach, Mary – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2018
This manuscript demonstrates the value of understanding locus of control in higher education. Understanding this value provides educators with the ability to potentially predict academic outcomes and have the foresight to guide students to achievement. First, the manuscript identifies and explores the classic theories of motivation from the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Age Differences, Locus of Control, Outcomes of Education
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Taskiran, Ayse; Aydin, Belgin – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2018
This study explores the similarities and differences between adult language learners' and their teachers' attributions of perceived success and failure in learning English as a foreign language in an intensive program. It examines attributions along with three dimensions: locus of causality, stability and controllability. 319 students and 81…
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dong, Ying; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Obade, Masela; Gerszewski, Tammy; Ruthig, Joelle C. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
Causal attributions (explanations for outcomes) have been found to predict college students' academic success; however, not all students attributing success or failure to adaptive (i.e., controllable) causes perform well in university. Eccles et al.'s ("Achievement and achievement motives." W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, pp 75-145, 1983)…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Academic Achievement, Success, College Students
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Warden, David N; Myers, Charlsie A. – College Student Journal, 2017
The relationship between domain-specific nonintellective variables and academic achievement among nontraditional students was explored to address uninvestigated factors and clarify distinctions between nontraditional and traditional student achievement. College students (nontraditional n = 72, traditional n = 67) completed an online survey…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Broadbent, Jaclyn – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
Previous studies have investigated the association between the frequency of student learning management system (LMS) use (logins, discussion board use, resources used, etc.) and academic achievement. These studies indicate that low LMS use by students is likely to result in less academic success. However, these models fail to take into account…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Success, Self Efficacy, Integrated Learning Systems
Fegley, Alan D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this EPP is to develop a plan for changing the mindset of a large number of Haddonfield Memorial High School (HMHS) students from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. HMHS is by most conventional measures a high performing school. Typically 100% of the students graduate with 96% of the students attending two or four year colleges…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Culture, High School Students, Locus of Control
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Law, Philip; Yuen, Desmond – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of factors affecting students' choice of accounting as a study major in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach: Multinomial logistic regression and Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling (HGLM) are used to analyze the survey data for the level one and level two data, which is the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Accounting
Dominguez, Maria Ximena – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Problem behaviors early in the preschool year have been negatively linked to a variety of school readiness outcomes, including language, literacy and mathematics, both at the end of preschool and later on as children transition to elementary school. In order to inform preschool intervention efforts, the current study extends this research by…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged, Mathematics Skills
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Shell, Duane F.; Husman, Jenefer – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
This study of 397 undergraduate students examined relations between self-reported control, goal orientation, future time perspective, affect, and strategic self-regulation. Five patterns were found in three canonical dimensions. The high end of bipolar Dimension 1 linked high self-regulated strategy use and study effort to high self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Time Perspective
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Bursik, Krisanne; Martin, Timothy A. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated ego developmental differences in adolescent academic orientations and academic achievement. A sample of 142 male and female high school students completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test and self-report measures assessing academic locus of control, learning orientation (LO), and grade orientation (GO).…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Locus of Control, Class Rank, Academic Achievement
Uguroglu, Margaret E.; Walberg, Herbert J. – 1979
Using analysis of variance and regression techniques, the authors analyzed the results of 40 studies that were conducted between 1953 and 1976 and contained 232 correlations between various measures of motivation and achievement. The motivation variables were restricted to students' achievement motivation, locus-of-control perceptions, and general…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Program Divisions, Learning Motivation
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Stipek, Deborah – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
A longitudinal study of first graders found that children had a more internal locus of control, were more optimistic, and scored higher on an effectance motivation measure at the end of first grade than at the beginning but attitudes and self-esteem did not change. Some changes were effected by SES and academic success. (AtuhorRD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Grade 1, Learning Motivation
Higgs, Graham E. – 1995
The goal of this paper is to articulate a theoretical basis for work with at-risk students and to provide a foundation for new methods for teachers who will be working with this population. The topic is narrowed to concerns related to academic achievement. There is overwhelming scientific evidence that external conditions are major antecedent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education
Vasquez, James A. – 1978
The relationship between locus of control, social class, and learning processes were reviewed by analyzing: (1) externality as a function of socioeconomic status, i.e., the lower the status, the greater the degree of externality; (2) the impact of the early home environment on the child's learning and development; (3) classroom and teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences
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Hayamizu, Toshihiko; Weiner, Bernard – Journal of Experimental Education, 1991
C. S. Dweck's achievement goals model was tested by examining relationships between individual differences in achievement-goal tendencies and perceived causality for 123 undergraduates (45 males and 78 females). The stronger each performance-goal tendency, the more unstable and controllable low ability was perceived. Inconsistencies with Dweck's…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Educational Objectives
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