Title: Performance under Traditional and Mastery Assessment Procedures in Relation to Students’ Locus of Control
Abstract: Previous research in locus of control suggested the hypothesis that internal subjects should perform better under mastery than under traditional assessment procedures, while the reverse should be true of externals. Two experiments were conducted using undergraduate and graduate subjects. Neither the LC nor the assessment procedure main effects were significant in either study, and no interaction was found with the undergraduates. With graduate subjects there was a significant interaction opposite in direction to expectations. Subjects overwhelmingly preferred the mastery procedures. These results are harmful to the construct validity of the I-E Scale (9) and supportive of the mastery learning approach.
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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