The literature on the behavior effects of videotaped playback reveals that little theoretical formulation has been offered to explain the positive results which have been reported. Two theoretical models are considered in regard to these results. The first, a reinforcement model, suggests that some behaviors are reinforced positively and some…

Although the literature abounds with speculation about open education, there are few experimental studies designed to test its effects. This research compared an open education program with a traditional program at the middle school level. Subjects were randomly assigned to comparison groups. Dependent measures included a self-concept scale, a…

A 53-subject treatment group and a 29-subject control group in a teacher trainee course were pretested for dogmatism, pupil control ideology, locus of control, and three factors of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. The treatment group was then exposed to an extensive classroom behavior modification laboratory. Results were not…

The present research was an attempt to examine the role of task-specific self-esteem and locus of control in the differential prediction of academic performance, program satisfaction, and personal life satisfaction. Results support Korman's theory on task-specific esteem and Rotter's theory on locus of control. (Author)

Examined implications of research on locus of control and achievement motivation. It is suggested that locus of control and achievement motivation influence ways in which a child approaches school-related tasks, interprets outcomes of tasks, selects tasks, and persists in activities. (Author)

Use of advice-giving, Adlerian interpretation, and analytically-derived interpretation with regard to whether feelings of approach, attack, or withdrawal were elicited was investigated by having subjects respond to eight videotaped role-played counseling segments. Subjects were 242 fourth-graders and 191 tenth-graders, grouped by locus of control.…

Investigates the effect of The Individualized Science (IS) program on sixth and eighth graders' perception of locus of control. Findings suggest that the structure of the environment can affect the perception of locus of control. (HM)

College students with an internal locus of control favored faculty members with a low control teaching style, while a highly controlling teaching style appealed to students with an external locus of control. (ED)

Most students, no matter the age, tend to do better academic work if they more readily accept personal academic successes and failures or are internally controlled. Students generally not doing average or above average work academically tend to depend on blame, luck, chance, or kismet for academic performance. (Author)

Separate factor analyses of the results of the Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale administered to separate Anglo American and Chicano groups indicated cross-sample equivalence on two of the five factors. Implications for investigations of the cultural differences between Anglos and Chicanos are briefly discussed. (Author/CTM)

The study compared need values and locus of control, as measured by Rotter's I-E Scale. The locus of control variable showed an already noted trend towards greater externality. (Author)

Relationships between children's self esteem, certainty of self esteem appraisal, and intellectual achievement responsibility were examined in boys and girls at the sixth grade and tenth grade levels with use of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale and the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. (MS)

Considers the hypothesis that the open classroom is less threatening than other role postures of the teacher, with the outcome being that the child will come to direct his own learning experiences and will learn more fully and with less trauma than in other settings. (Author/RK)

Personal constructs of internally and externally oriented students were expected to engender different perceptions of teachers' use of behavior alteration techniques (BATs) in the classroom. Indicates that externally oriented students perceived more frequent BAT use by teachers than did internally oriented students, and that perceptions by…

Examined attribution patterns of 132 Japanese-American and 63 Anglo-American university students who completed Mathematics Attribution Scale, achievement motivation, anxiety, and self-esteem measures. Compared to Anglo-Americans, Japanese-Americans attributed their success in algebra more to external causes and attributed their failure in algebra…