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Nunn, Gary D.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1986
Investigated the relationships between student locus of control and academic achievement in grades five through eight. The Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale (NSLOCS) was used to measure motivation, and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) to assess academic achievement. Results indicated moderate inverse relationships between level of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
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Taylor, Louise Kathleen; Michael, William B. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1981
The importance of theory and experimental findings in giving direction, structure, and comprehensibility to research about self-concept is discussed. Analysis of the necessary affective variables to be included in the systematic experimentally-based development of effective educational programs in the affective domain is emphasized. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation
Creek, Roy J.; And Others – 1991
Locus of control is a construct that reflects an individual's perception of control over his or her own destiny. The thesis is that people adopt either an internal or an external orientation. Internally oriented persons consider success the result of ability and effort. Externally oriented individuals attribute success to luck, fate, or powerful…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education