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Peer reviewedSherman, Lawrence W.; Hofmann, Richard J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
The locus of control/achievement relationship is clarified by distinguishing momentary achievement events (standardized test results) from a continuing state (grade point average) using a path diagram. Although no substantial correlations were found between locus of control, socioeconomic status and sex, these variables better predicted continuing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedEdwards, Jack E.; Waters, L. K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The relationship between ability and grade point average was examined for the moderating effects of achievement motivation and locus of control for college students. Data indicated that achievement motivation did moderate the relationship between academic ability and cumulative grade point average for objective and subjective estimates of ability.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, College Students
Peer reviewedTurner, Lisa A.; Pickering, Shannon; Johnson, R. Burke – Adolescence, 1998
Utilizes the Students' Perception of Control Questionnaire (SPOCQ) with college students (N=147). Internal consistency and intercorrelations of SPOCQ subscales were acceptable. SPOCQ scores were related to self-esteem and grade point average. There were differences in SPOCQ scores for males and females and in the relation to self-esteem.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior, College Students, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedGruen, Gerald E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Over 1,000 black, white, and Spanish, moderately disadvantaged and affluent children from Grades 2, 4, and 6 were given the Gruen, Korte, Stephens Internal-External Scale. Results are discussed in terms of ethnic, socioeconomic and sex differences, and score relation to grade point average.
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Students, Grade Point Average
Gadzella, Bernadette M.; And Others – 1976
The study investigated (a) relationships between measures on study habits and attitudes, locus of control, achieving tendency, and semester grade-point averages (SGPA), (b) differences between the sexes on the above mentioned variables, and (c) best predictor of SGPA. The subjects were 39 males and 81 females. There were a number of significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Locus of Control
Download full textSherman, Lawrence; Hofmann, Richard J. – 1978
The relationship between locus of control (LC), grade point average (GPA), standardized achievement test scores (SAT), sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) was investigated among a sample of 174 eighth graders who responded to the Nowicki-Strickland locus on control instrument. Certain partial correlations between momentary achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Path Method, Grade Point Average, Locus of Control
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
