Descriptor
Author
| Lopez, Cecilia L. | 2 |
| Chan, Lorna K. S. | 1 |
| Drummond, Heather A. | 1 |
| Drummond, Robert J. | 1 |
| Harper, Maria | 1 |
| Igoe, Ann R. | 1 |
| Keller, John M. | 1 |
| Klein, James D. | 1 |
| Slavin, Robert E. | 1 |
| Sullivan, Howard | 1 |
| Sullivan, Howard J. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 7 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Australia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedChan, Lorna K. S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
This study compared the motivational orientations and metacognitive abilities of 143 Grade 7 intellectually gifted students in an Australian selective school with 133 average-achieving age peers attending comprehensive schools. Gifted students had greater confidence in their own control over successes or failures in school tasks, demonstrated more…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Attribution Theory, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
Peer reviewedKlein, James D.; Keller, John M. – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
This study (N=75) examined the effects of student ability, locus of control, and type of instructional control on performance and the motivational outcome of confidence. Results indicated that student ability and locus of control significantly influenced both performance and confidence, whereas type of instructional control did not affect…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 7
Download full textLopez, Cecilia L.; Sullivan, Howard J. – 1990
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three levels of learner control (no control, moderate control, and high control) on the achievement and continuing motivation of Hispanic students. Two weeks prior to the experimental part of the study, 101 seventh and eighth grade Hispanics were pre-assessed along an internal-external…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 7
Igoe, Ann R.; Sullivan, Howard – 1991
Descriptive data were collected from male and female students in grades 7, 9, and 11 on five learner attributes commonly reported as influencing student learning and/or motivation: desire for approval of others, attribution of success or failure, desire for challenge in academic settings, perceived self-competence in school settings, and locus of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Comparative Testing, Grade 11
Peer reviewedLopez, Cecilia L.; Harper, Maria – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1989
Describes study that investigated achievement and motivation effects related to locus of control and learner control on seventh and eighth grade Hispanic students completing a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) science lesson. Use of the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility scale is discussed, and a questionnaire that assessed student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 7
Drummond, Robert J.; Drummond, Heather A. – 1995
The College Reach Out Program is an educational program funded by the Florida Legislature designed to motivate and promote students in grades K-12 to complete high school and enroll in some type of postsecondary educational institution. The program is an attempt to help racial/ethnic minorities, low income students, and educationally disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, College School Cooperation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Slavin, Robert E. – 1977
Two instructional techniques, Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT), and Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD), contain a team component and a comparison-among-equals component. To separate the effects of these two components on academic performance, mutual attraction, and student attitudes, a 2 x 2 factorial design was used, varying reward structure…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Affective Objectives, Class Activities
