Effects of Locus of Control, Academic Self-Efficacy, and Tutoring on Academic Performance

Autor/inn/en	Drago, Anthony; Rheinheimer, David C.; Detweiler, Thomas N.
Titel	Effects of Locus of Control, Academic Self-Efficacy, and Tutoring on Academic Performance
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 19 (2018) 4, S.433-451 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
DOI	10.1177/1521025116645602
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; Self Efficacy; Tutoring; Academic Achievement; Pretests Posttests; Quasiexperimental Design; College Students; Federal Aid; Grants; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Peer Teaching; Grade Point Average + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Schulleistung; Collegestudent; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching
Abstract	This study investigated the connection between locus of control (LOC), academic self-efficacy (ASE), and academic performance, and whether these variables are affected by tutoring. Additional variables of interest, including gender, students' Pell Grant status, ethnicity, and class size, were also considered for the research models. The population for this study consisted of students enrolled at a mid-sized public university in northeastern United States who were pre- and posttested as part of a causal-comparative, quasi-experimental research design. Results of this study showed that LOC, tutoring, gender, and an ASE measure identified as self-assurance had positive and significant effects on academic performance as measured by students' total grade point averages. However, tutoring had no effect on LOC but had only a small moderating effect on one component of ASE. It was postulated that assessing incoming students on LOC and ASE measures could aid in identifying students with external LOC and low ASE for possible intervention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01