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Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagengast, Benjamin; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Parada, Roberto H.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hamilton, Linda R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Existing research posits multiple dimensions of bullying and victimization but has not identified well-differentiated facets of these constructs that meet standards of good measurement: goodness of fit, measurement invariance, lack of differential item functioning, and well-differentiated factors that are not so highly correlated as to detract…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Test Bias, Bullying, Structural Equation Models
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Marshall, Kevin; Anderson, John – Computers & Education, 2008
In this paper, we asked whether or not it matters if policy direction for embedding digital technology in education is aligned with the locus of control of curriculum reform and of teachers' professional development. We created a simple "control:choice framework" with which to analyse and compare approaches to education technology policy…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Locus of Control, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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O'Brien, Natalie; Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer; Shelley-Tremblay, John – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
This study examined the prevalence of reading problems and self-reported symptoms of attentional deficits in a sample of adjudicated adolescent males (N = 101) aged 12 to 18 years who were residing in an alternative sentencing residential program. Thirty-four percent of the youth had reading problems while only 9% of the boys had self-reported…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Reading Difficulties, Residential Programs, Attention Deficit Disorders