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Download full textStephens, Mark W. – 1973
Four experiments were designed to identify socioeconomic differences in preschool locus of control, develop a measurement technique for differentiating between internal and external locus of control in preschoolers, and study the effect of four kinds of preschool programs on locus of control. During the first experiment, the Stephens-Delys…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Experimenter Characteristics, Intervention
Fisher, Maurice D.; And Others – 1974
A study was made: (1) to determine whether children allowed to choose the difficulty levels of their arithmetic problems in a Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) task would show greater engagement in learning than children who were not given a choice, (2) to discover possible patterns in the choices made, and (3) to determine the relationship of…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Attention, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research
