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Peer reviewedMcGinnies, Elliott; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
Students from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the United States were categorized by sex and country of origin and evaluated for belief in external control over their lives. The scale used was the Internal-External Locus of Control, devised by Rotter. (EK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Locus of Control, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedParsons, Oscar A.; Schneider, John M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
The Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) Scale was used to evaluate male and female students in Eastern, Western and Middle Eastern societies. Results showed that Japanese students scored higher on external source control tests than students from other countries while Indian students scored lower on these tests. (EK)
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedKay, Robin H. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Describes study that compared differences in computer attitudes, degree of computer literacy, locus of control, and commitment to computers between male and female student teachers at the University of Toronto. A literature review of previous studies on gender differences is presented, and the statistical methodology of this study is detailed. (31…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Shorr, David N.; Young, Timothy W. – 1984
To investigate locus of control and its relationships to ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and academic achievement, a large sample of Black, Mexican-American, Native American, and White students in the fourth, fifth, and seventh grades were administered the Academic Achievement Accountability Questionnaire (a locus-of-control questionnaire)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, American Indians, Blacks
Download full textDarwazeh, Afnan N. – 1998
The aim of this study was to investigate some of the learner variables that may have an influence on university academic achievement in a distance versus a conventional education setting. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze data by using "Pearson r," and "F-test." Results revealed that the university…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development
