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Direct linkSmidt, Wilfried; Kammermeyer, Gisela; Roux, Susanna; Theisen, Christiane; Weber, Christian – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The career success of preschool teachers has been discussed to be important because it can be a precondition for the ability to provide a high-quality preschool education. Consequently, the identification of factors that can help explain individual differences in career success is a crucial research issue. Previous research covering various…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Personality Traits, Locus of Control, Self Efficacy
Lemos, Marina S.; Gonçalves, Teresa; Cadima, Joana – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
The present study was particularly interested in identifying resilient trajectories of engagement, and analyzing their association with student's motivation, specifically, their perceived control. In a longitudinal study following 391 students across three measurement points, encompassing the transition from 9th to 10th grade (from basic to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Secondary School Students, Locus of Control, Student Adjustment
Download full textAkca, Figen; Ulutas, Emrah; Yabanci, Cemile – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the correlation between Teachers' Self-efficacy beliefs, locus of control and intercultural sensitivities and to analyze these variables based on various demographic variables. The data of the study were collected through teachers' locus of control scale developed by Sadowski, Taylor, Woodward, Peacher,…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Individual Differences
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
Cassidy, Simon – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
The study investigated the association and relative influence of cognitive/motivational and demographic factors on final degree grade point average (GPA) in a single undergraduate cohort. Although academic self-efficacy, approaches to learning, prior achievement and age all produced significant correlations with GPA, regression analysis identified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Grade Point Average, Self Efficacy
Peer reviewedThompson, Suzanne C.; Spacapan, Shirlynn – Journal of Social Issues, 1991
This journal issue brings together research on perceptions of control of several vulnerable populations, specifically children, lower level employees, the ill, and the aged. This introduction discusses positive outcomes associated with sense of control and identifies common themes found in work in this area. (SLD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Coping, Individual Differences
Champagne, Matthew V. – 1998
This paper focuses on the Interactive and Distance Education Assessment (IDEA) laboratory, an assessment system developed by psychology students and faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York) that incorporated learning styles, teaching styles, and other measures of individual difference into the evaluation of interactive and distance…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Networks
