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Download full textOguz, Aytunga; Sariçam, Hakan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The aim of the current research study was to examine the link between critical thinking dispositions and locus of control in pre-service teachers. The participants of this study were selected via easily accessible sampling technique. The participants consist of 347 pre-service teachers (203 female, 144 male) in Kütahya, Turkey. The Rotter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Locus of Control, Preservice Teachers
Algadheeb, Nourah A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
This study aimed at exploring the differences in professional/career orientation and awareness while considering a number of variables including locus of control, academic specialization and school backwardness. Several measures were used to achieve the study's goals. The first two, a professional/career orientation measure and a…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Professional Development, Goal Orientation, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedStern, Gary S.; Manifold, Beverly – Journal of Research in Personality, 1977
Internal and external subjects, who previously filled out Rotter's (1966) Internal-External scale, were asked to score the I-E scale of "another student". It was predicted that ratings of the "other" would increase in positivity to the extent the "other" scored as an interval. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control, Personality Studies
Peer reviewedBoor, Myron – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Investigates the relationship between the annual variations in United States suicide rates during the years 1966 to 1973 and the concomitant annual variations in the I-E scores obtained by United States college students. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Cultural Influences, Hypothesis Testing
Bensman, Miriam Roza; Haller, Archibald O. – 1978
Utilizing data derived from 277 rural, male respondents initially enrolled in Lenawee County, Michigan high schools, the Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale was employed to test the hypothesis that locus of control will have interactive rather than additive effects on the process of status attainment. Locus of control was defined as…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Efficiency
Reimanis, Gunars – 1971
The research presented in this document has two main hypotheses: (1) From locus of control theory, it was predicted that a warm, supportive, and consistent or stable home environment relates positively to internal control; (2) Methods derived from locus of control theory which increase an individual's observation and experience of behavior-effect…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Development, College Students, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedColdevin, Gary; And Others – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1993
Describes a study that examined the extent to which different levels of instructional control and varied learner characteristics affected performance and time on task, using interactive video in a college biochemistry course. Prior knowledge and learner internality/externality are discussed, and interaction between learner ability and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Biochemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction
