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Peer reviewedClifford, Margaret M. – Child Study Journal, 1976
A revised measure of locus of control for children and a summary of its descriptive statistics is presented. The nature of the instrument is discussed in light of Weiner's two-dimensional attribution table. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedCrandall, Virginia C.; Lacey, Beth W. – Child Development, 1972
Study designed to reveal some of the intermediate skills which might account for the superior academic performance of children who perceive their reinforcements in those situations as caused by their own behavior (internal control). (Authors)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Measurement Instruments, Performance Factors
Goldman, Karla S.; Shipman, Virginia C. – 1972
Risk-Taking 2 investigates behaviors of young children who are presented with a choice without prior knowledge of the outcome. The child is asked to choose between a certainty, a toy placed in front of him, and an uncertainty, a paper bag which E had previously explained might contain five toys or none at all. Children who chose the certain toy…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
