The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of locus of control on academic performance of the students at tertiary level. A 40 items questionnaire relating to locus of control, personal demographics. Academic achievement, locus of control, internal locus. Locus of control, academic achievement, and discipline referrals. Academic locus of control, tendencies towards academic. Academic selfefficacy, locus of control and academic performance of secondary school students in ondo state, nigeria article pdf available in mediterranean journal of social sciences 411. The purpose of this study is to research what influences the locus of control has on the learning performance of students. There is a positive relationship in between locus of control and performance ability of minority students.
The relationships among locus of control, academic program, and sex of grade 9 secondary school. Purpose of study the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control, academic achievement, and discipline referrals in a sample of high school students. Locus of control has positive effect on academic performance according to. In an attempt to unravel reasons for ethnic discrepancies in academic achievement, this study investigated the locus of control orientation of fijians and. What is the impact of locus of control on student academic performance.
Locus of control, academic achievement, and discipline referrals rachel hill follow this and additional works at. Locus of control affects a lot of ability to get success or failure in an academic year. The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between locus of control loc and attributions of academic performance by the actor and by others. This study seeks to investigate the relationship between locus of control with the academic performance of the m. Participants completed rotters locus of control measure. Locus of control, academic achievement, and discipline. Park and kim 1998 carried out two studies to examine the relationship between attributional style, locus of control, and academic achievement. Part of theeducational assessment, evaluation, and research commons this thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the graduate school at murray states digital commons. Academic locus of control locus of control is based on rotters 1954 social learning theory. Locus of control and academic selfefficacy in university. Therefore it can be said that in the context of academic achievement, individuals with an internal locus of control have a higher tendency to believe that the causes. The participants were 404 senior secondary school students studying in private cbse. Locus of control in relation to academic achievement of college.
Abstract locus of control was developed by julian rotter, based on the social learning. The researcher knows that there is a great effect of locus of. The relationship between locus of control and academic. The focus of the other study was on interrelationship between locus of control and academic achievement in three groups. The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between academic achievement and locus of control of senior secondary school students of haryana. A case of an academic 3 v olume 1 number 2 july 2011 in this study, the collected ndings and the scales used are important contributions. Locus of control and attributions for academic performance. Students are highly hoping to explain their feelings and ideas in english through this they can get success in the future. Internal locus of control is associated with an individuals belief that events or outputs stem from hisher own behavior or a. Problem identification a researcher can find the issue which effect locus of control on the academic performance of the student at territory level. The effects of locus of control on learning performance. Relation between locus of control and academic achievement of. This is an applied correlation research in which the samples.
Intellectual achievement responsibility questionnaire. In a general sense, locus of control is classified as internal and external locus of control. The effect of locus of control on academic performance of. Internal locus of control and academic achievement among college students. Pdf this paper is presented to identify the locus of control and its link to academic achievement of orang asli students.