Title: Locus of Control and Course Completion in Adult Basic Education
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The relationship between locus of control and course completion in an adult basic education program was investigated. Instruction was individualized; each learner was tutored by an adult volunteer. Early in their program 62 adult learners responded to an 11-item modification of the Rotter I-E Scale. Those learners who completed the program were significantly more internally controlled than those who did not complete the program.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013