The author defines the locus-of-control dimension and traces the development of internality-externality measures. Research findings regarding the correlation of internality with desirable behavioral traits are presented. He describes a training program for internality development, Achievement Competence Training (ACT), and explores implications of…

Investigates the relationship among teacher beliefs about control, perceptions of behavior problems, and preference of interventions in classroom management. Administers two questionnaires to secondary faculty that showed a correlation between control beliefs and interventions. Control beliefs ranged from custodial to humanistic. Includes tables…

This paper describes the development, validation, and use of a research instrument, the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI), designed to assess the environment of small higher education classrooms. The instrument evaluates students' or instructors' perceptions of the following seven psychosocial dimensions of actual or…