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ERIC Number: EJ182475
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Task Selection and Locus of Control in Two Ability Groups' Recall
Holloway, Richard L.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 3, 2, 118-26, Apr 78
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, Independent Study, Locus of Control, Recall (Psychology), Secondary Education, Selection, Sequential Approach
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Identifiers: Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale