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Tanya Marroquin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the effect of introducing an environmental education (EE) in three classrooms (C1, C2, C3) using three different pedagogy methods and if student's personalities determine how the information is perceived. A teacher-focused classroom (C1), a student-focused classroom (C2), and a third classroom used labs and hands-on…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Bates, Morris L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Locus of control is a psychological attribute not often discussed in the community college setting. The purpose of this study sought to investigate the impact Locus of control and co-variates age, gender, ethnicity, enrollment status, and employment status had on community college student persistence. Study participants were First-year community…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Jorif, Darien C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
There is a gap in research regarding examination of the relationship between burnout in special education school support staff members and their perception of locus of control (LOC) in their work environment. The purpose of this concurrent nested mixed methods study is to determine if there is a relationship between burnout and locus of control in…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Burnout, Locus of Control, Questionnaires
Goodson, Aaron – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Research has shown that collegiate student-athletes experience stressors that influence their development different from the general college population. Student-athlete development research concludes that constructs such as identity (Yukhymento-Lesocroart, 2013), role conflict (Adler & Adler, 1987; Settles et al., 2002), locus of control…
Descriptors: Models, Correlation, Self Efficacy, College Athletics
Almy, Gary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This quantitative, correlational study examined if there was a statistically significant relationship between the variables of self-efficacy and academic locus of control and the variable of academic success in the introductory course of a masters nursing program. Bandura's social cognitive theory and Rotter's social learning theory provided the…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Correlation, Self Efficacy, Locus of Control
Avant, Antonio – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research analyzes the variables that may impact Internet addiction and information disclosure among college students in two Midwestern universities of both public and private status. The correlation between the locus of control, emotional intelligence (EI), and narcissism to Internet addiction and information disclosure was examined. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Correlation
McCain, Stephanie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) to identify the relationship between witnessing violence at home and the effects it has on teen dating violence and future experiences with violence; and 2) to assess how perceived locus of control may reduce or exacerbate the relationship between each of the risk factors and perpetration of dating…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Violence, Adolescents, African Americans
Benesh, Andrew Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to fill a gap in the literature by examining the relationship between dogmatism, locus of control, counselor self-efficacy, and counselor theoretical orientation in a sample of master's level practicum students. Method: A total of 45 master's practicum students completed a series of four instruments, the DOG…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Locus of Control, Counseling Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Graham, Amy Cannon – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Background: Undergraduate women are at high risk of experiencing a sexual assault during their college years. Research has established a strong link between sexual victimization and psychologic distress. While the relationship between sexual victimization and distress is known, little is known about how the use of university-affiliated sexual…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, At Risk Students, Victims of Crime
Estes, Aaron – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Institutions of higher education place a high priority on retaining students. With orientation programming, tutoring, learning communities, peer mentoring, and other efforts, institutions dedicate the resources necessary to increase the academic success of their students because academic success has a positive relationship with retention. Through…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Correlation, School Holding Power, Academic Achievement
Palis, Leila Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
It was not known if and to what extent there was a relationship between the degree to which community college students believed that learning was enhanced when teachers tailored instruction to individual learning styles and student perceived academic locus of control (PAC). Learning styles theory and locus of control theory formed the theoretical…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Correlation, Student Attitudes
Bournés, Stephen Derrick – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research on turnaround schools suggests that school districts have had limited success in effectively turning around underperforming schools including how districts support turnaround principals. Furthermore, the research makes an explicit connection between the success of a turnaround, the principal, and district support. Absent from the…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Experience
Laughter, Edwin Brice – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the strength of the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and discipline referrals. Participants completed the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale, which was used as an operational definition of teacher self-efficacy. A Spearman's correlation coefficient measured the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Secondary School Teachers, Rural Schools, School Districts
O'Donovan-Korte, Kristy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Current demands have prompted many school organizations to look toward online resources in order to provide and fiscally manage professional development. The perpetually evolving technology has afforded administrators the opportunity to offer a variety of online resources, such as platforms for communication and collaboration, social media sites,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Correlation, Locus of Control, Educational Technology
Collaço, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The primary purpose of this study was to collect evidence on the construct validity of grit using convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity principles. To accomplish this purpose and extend previous research on grit, college students from two schools completed an instrument comprised of a cognitive ability test, and a questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Persistence, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
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