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Peer reviewedHolloway, Richard L. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
The subjects consisted of high and average ability high school students. Half selected their own task and half were assigned to a task based on their scores on Rotters's locus of control scale. Across all subjects, ability was found to be the only significant predictor of recall. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Assignments, College Bound Students
