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Cincera, Jan; Simonova, Petra – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
The article evaluates a Czech environmental education program focused on developing competence in issue investigation. In the evaluation, a simple quasi-experimental design with experimental (N = 200) and control groups was used. The results suggest that the program had a greater impact on girls than on boys, and that it increased their internal…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Program Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups
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Johnson, Mark William; Sherlock, David – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
The Personal Learning Environment (PLE) has been presented in a number of guises over a period of 10 years as an intervention which seeks the reorganisation of educational technology through shifting the "locus of control" of technology towards the learner. In the intervening period to the present, a number of initiatives have attempted…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Intervention, Educational Technology, Locus of Control
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Bechar, Shlomit; Mero-Jaffe, Irit – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
In this paper we share our reflections, as evaluators, on an evaluation where we encountered Excessive Evaluation Anxiety (XEA). The signs of XEA which we discerned were particularly evident amongst the program head and staff who were part of a new training program. We present our insights on the evaluation process and its difficulties, as well as…
Descriptors: Coping, Evaluation, Anxiety, Contracts
Mills, Jonathan N.; Cheng, Albert; Hitt, Collin E.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Greene, Jay P. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2016
This report examines the short-term effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) on students' non-cognitive skills and civic values. While a growing number of studies have evaluated K-12 school voucher programs along academic dimensions, few have focused on the development of non-cognitive skills and civic values. This study aims to address…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Locus of Control, Political Attitudes, School Choice
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Burns, Gary N.; Jasinski, Dale; Dunn, Steve; Fletcher, Duncan – Career Development Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the relationship between evaluations of academic support services and student athletes' career decision-making self-efficacy. One hundred and fifty-eight NCAA athletes (68% male) from 11 Division I teams completed measures of satisfaction with their academic support services, career decision-making self-efficacy, general…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Self Efficacy, Athletes, Locus of Control
Sandford, Brian; Self, Mary Jo – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2011
Now in its 9th year of implementation, Oklahoma's Career Tech New Teacher Induction (NTI) has an overall retention rate of 82.6%. A team approach is used and collaboration occurs between local administrators, a local mentor, and a higher education representative. This manuscript focuses on 3 years of both qualitative and quantitative data…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Program Evaluation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Administrator Role
Miller, Sarah; Connolly, Paul; Maguire, Lisa K. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
"Time to Read" is a volunteer mentoring program that recruits volunteers from the local business community to spend one hour of company time each week working on a one-to-one basis with primary school children aged 8 to 9 years with the aim of improving reading skills. The authors first evaluated the program in 2006-8 using a randomized…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Reading Comprehension, Mentors, Reading Fluency
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Steensma, Herman; Groeneveld, Karin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The aims of this study are: to present a training evaluation based on the "four levels model"; to demonstrate the value of experimental designs in evaluation studies; and to take a first step in the development of an evidence-based training program. Design/methodology/approach: The Kirkpatrick four levels model was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Evidence
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Stansell, Vance; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1978
An evaluation study assessed changes in perceived locus of control of adults who work in the drug abuse field and participated in a drug abuse training program. Two programs were examined with differing results. Outcomes are discussed with regard to group composition and scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Drug Education, Locus of Control, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Hillman, Kathleen S.; And Others – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1985
This study assessed the long term effects of the fifth and sixth grade units of the School Health Curriculum Project (SHCP) by investigating the seventh-grade student's health knowledge, health-related attitudes, health-related practices, and health locus of control. Results are presented and conclusions are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Health Education, Health Programs, Locus of Control
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Maisto, Albert A.; German, Michael L. – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Short- and long-term effects of a parent-infant training program for biologically handicapped infants was evaluated in terms of maternal locus of control. Results indicated that maternal locus of control accounted for a substantial portion of the variance in the infants' developmental gains following the program intervention period. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individual Development, Infants, Locus of Control
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Menges, Robert J. – Educational Forum, 1974
Article evaluated programs of education for professional personnel and made some constructive changes designed to foster individual growth. (RK)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Educational Practices, Locus of Control, Professional Education
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Kluge, Charles A.; McAleer, Charles A. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1978
A discussion is presented of five categories of patient variables that seem to have useful relationships with both successful rehabilitation outcome and ease of management from the standpoints of medical and vocational rehabilitation. These classes of variables have been identified through clinical experience and validated empirically.…
Descriptors: Counselor Performance, Locus of Control, Patients, Predictor Variables
Girdano, Daniel A.; Girdano, Dorothy D. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1977
If the curriculum goal of a health education course is to develop healthy behavior, then the most conclusive documentation of success is to measure targeted behaviors. (MB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Development, Body Weight, Educational Objectives
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West, Michael A.; Kirkland, Martha – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1986
Examined the effectiveness of an interpersonal life skills course on college students' (N=200) self concepts, responding, and locus of control. Results indicated there were short-term changes in locus of control. The need for a typology of such courses is discussed. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Curriculum, Group Activities
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