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An Investigation into the Academic Success of Prospective Teachers in Terms of Learning Strategies, Learning Styles and the Locus of Control
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Akça, Figen – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
The present research aims to investigate the relationship between the learning strategies, learning styles, the locus of control and the academic success of prospective teachers. The study group consists of 198 university students in various departments at the Uludag University Faculty of Education. Research data were collected with the Locus of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Success, Preschool Teachers
Identifying Predictors of High Risk among Community College Telecourse Students.
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Dille, Brian; Mezack, Michael – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Describes a study that was conducted to identify predictors of high-risk students enrolled in telecourses at a community college. The use of Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (RIELC) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) are explained, hypotheses tested are discussed, and demographic variables are examined. (seven references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges
Interrelationships Among Five Cognitive Style Tests, Student Characteristics, and Achievement.
Thompson, Patricia; And Others – 1979
Using college freshmen enrolled in a learning analysis course, the relationship between five tests of cognitive style was investigated: (1) Group Embedded Figures Test; (2) Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Questionnaire; (3) Adult Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale; (4) Mehrabian Stimulus Screening Test; and (5) Kolb Learning Style…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, College Credits