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Bernardo, Allan B. I.; Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C.; Khan, Aqeel; Yeung, Susanna S. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
Positive education emphasizes the role of hope in student achievement and in buffering the effects of students' difficulties in school. In this study, we demonstrate how internal and external loci-of-hope relate to students' use of different learning strategies in school. We asked 967 university students from four cities to answer the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Independent Study
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Ifamuyiwa, S. A.; Akinsola, M. K. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
This study investigated the effects of self and cooperative-instructional strategies on senior secondary school students' attitude towards Mathematics. The moderating effects of locus of control and gender were also investigated. The study adopted pre-test and post-test, control group quasi-experimental design using a 3 x 2 x 2 factorial matrix…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Cooperative Learning, Statistical Analysis, Mathematics Instruction
Dart, Barry C.; Clarke, John A. – 1990
The aim of this project is to increase teacher education students' understanding of the learning process by focusing on their own learning experiences. In 1990, 67 preservice teacher education students in 4 classes completed measures of academic locus of control, perceived competencies in self-directed learning, and study processes before and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Education Courses, Foreign Countries