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Ul Hassan, Mehboob; Akbar, Rafaqat Ali – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
Irony of humans' resiliencies to grasp life achievements has been remaining one of the important debates since long ago. Controversy prolongs when few report it destiny, whereas remaining claim individual's endless effort. Origin of social learning theory stoppage caused entire debate and declared that teachers' psychological attribute; locus of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students
Anjum, Imran; Fraser, Sharon; Thomas, Sharon – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper, reporting the findings from a larger, earlier study, aimed to develop an in-depth understanding of the struggles involved in six Pakistani academics' experiences of professional growth. A narrative inquiry approach was used to explore the experiences and the data were analysed using paradigmatic reasoning, an approach to analysing…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Personal Narratives, Barriers
Siddiquah, Aishah – SAGE Open, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to identify the effect of different variables on the locus of control of secondary school students. About 520 students participated in the study. Brown Locus of Control Scale (BLOCS) was used to assess the internal, external social, and external other loci of control of students. The t-test and ANOVA were…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Family Income
Naseer, Naila; Majid, Shaista – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2018
The purpose of the study was to predict academic achievement of distance learners from Locus of Control. The study was delimited to teacher education Programs (M.A., M.Ed and B.Ed) offered by universities of Pakistan through distance learning mode. A total number of 1513 students was selected through stratified sampling technique. The Nowicki-Duke…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
Gujjar, Aijaz Ahmed; Aijaz, Rukhma – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2014
Motivation is regarded as the alpha and omega of learning. It is the heart of teaching learning process. Motivation is defined as an internal state that arouses, directs, and maintains the behavior over time. Thus motivation is the pivotal component of learning and locus of control which is one of the important factors it stems from. Locus of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, College Students
Sarwar, Muhammad; Ashrafi, Ghulam Muhammad – Current Issues in Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to analyze Students' Commitment, Engagement and Locus of Control as predictors of Academic Achievement at Higher Education Level. We used analytical model and conclusive research approach to conduct study and survey method for data collection. We selected 369 students using multistage sampling technique from three…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, College Students
Awan, Riffat-un-Nisa; Zaidi, Nayyar Raza – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2009
This study was designed to investigate the relationship among leadership behavior of degree college principals, selected organizational and personal characteristics, and faculty job satisfaction, acceptance of leader and job expectancies. The moderators included task structure, role ambiguity, stress, need for autonomy, need for achievement,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Leadership, Anxiety
Ali, Akhtar; Topping, Keith J.; Tariq, Riaz H. – New Horizons in Education, 2009
Background: Entrepreneurship has become an emerging field of research in America, Europe and Asia. It has contributed a lot in uplifting the socioeconomic status of the countries. Well reputed International Journals are widely publishing on a variety of entrepreneurial issues. A little research in the area has so far been reported from Pakistan.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes