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Effects of Social-Cognitive Training on Students' Locus of Control.
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Manger, Terje; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Asbjornsen, Arve – School Psychology International, 2002
Evaluates the effects of a school-based social-cognitive training program on 14- and 15-year-old students' locus of control, as assessed by the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale. Girls in the training condition developed significantly in the direction of higher internal control, while neither boys in the training condition nor girls or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Program Effectiveness
Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, and Follow Through in Appalachia.
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Turner, Ralph R. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
The development of locus of control was compared in rural Appalachian Follow Through participants and in lower and middle-class comparison groups. Participation in Follow Through did not enhance internality. A social class by sex interaction was found, and correlations between locus of control and achievement differed for social classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Locus of Control
A Report of an Evaluation Design for the School Health Curriculum Project. Effects of a Prototype Health Education Curriculum Model on Locus of Control, Perceived Vulnerability, and Health Attitudes of Fifth Graders.
Stone, Elaine J. – 1976
The effects of the fifth grade unit of the School Health Curriculum Project (SHCP) were investigated in a multicultural setting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the purposes of the study was to design and test portions of an evaluation model that could be expanded and used by other school districts which are involved with SHCP. The second paper…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Curriculum Evaluation, Economic Status, Ethnic Origins