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ERIC Number: EJ333345
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Locus of Control among Computer-Using School Children: A Report of a Pilot Study.
Louie, Steven; And Others
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, v14 n2 p101-18 1985-86
Describes a study in which 46 high socioeconomic status elementary and secondary children were exposed to Logo and Bank Street Writer at a computer camp. After exposure, children 12 and under minimally shifted toward an internal locus of control as measured by the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Locus of Control, Microcomputers, Pilot Projects, Pretests Posttests, Questionnaires, Reinforcement, Scores, Sex Differences, Statistical Significance, Tables (Data), Use Studies, Word Processing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: LOGO Programming Language; Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale Children; Software Design; T Test