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Cavazos, Javier, Jr.; Johnson, Michael B.; Fielding, Cheryl; Cavazos, Alyssa G.; Castro, Veronica; Vela, Luti – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2010
This study was conducted with 11 Latina/o college students in order to provide insight into how these students develop a sense of resilience. Five factors from J. H. McMillan and D. F. Reed's (1994) concept of resiliency appeared to play an important role in these students' high academic achievement: high educational goals, support and…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, College Students, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Long, Patricia; Bowen, Jean – 1995
This brief paper suggests ways of involving students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficits in their own learning, with a systematic program intended to build self-understanding and a healthy internal locus of control. The program is based on the concept of multiple intelligences and the many different ways in which students and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention