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Peer reviewedSmith, Ian D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
The effects of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program in math on student attitudes of self-concept, locus of control, and level of aspiration was investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Junior High School Students, Locus of Control
Download full textReglin, Gary L. – 1988
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a computer assisted remediation program on basic skills mathematics achievement, academic self-concept, and locus of control of students in a dropout retrieval program. A nonrandomized pretest-posttest experimental design was used to compare students from urban settings in two groups.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Locus of Control, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
Crandall, Nelson D. – 1976
According to the Coleman Report of 1966, the poor child considers his success a matter of fate or luck--something completely out of his control. If a child with this outlook is going to succeed, the child must receive immediate gratification for his educational achievements, and he must be shown that success is the result of a cause-and-effect…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Louie, Steven – 1985
A convenience sample of 46 subjects was selected from 104 elementary through secondary self-selected students who participated in a prototypical voluntary after-school and summer computer camp operated by an American southwestern nonprofit educational research laboratory. Following an initial 16-hour exposure to LOGO and Bank Street Writer, a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
Payne, David A. – 1986
This case study presents a narrative summary of the evaluation of a two semester computer assisted instruction (CAI) project in an all minority high school. Use of PLATO software with Control Data microcomputers brought about modest achievement advantages, higher internal locus of control, more positive attitudes toward school and specific course…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Hines, Stephen J.; Seidman, Steven A. – 1988
This study examined the effects of feedback (immediate, delayed, or no feedback) and the type of control (external or internal) on computer-assisted instruction (CAI), and also considered the influence on achievement of such factors as computer anxiety, self-concept, learning style, and gender. Subjects were 336 undergraduates, the majority of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedBurns, Barbara; Hagerman, Alison – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Discussion of achievement motivation and children's ideas about themselves as learners focuses on a study of third graders that examined the effects of LOGO programing on performance. Incremental and entity theories of intelligence are explained, and treatment of the experimental group and the control group are described. (26 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction
