The Comparison of Educational-Learning Environment and Academic Locus of Control between Students of Tizhooshan, Nemooneh and Shahed Schools

Authors
Yasser Rezapour Mirsaleh 1
Ezzat Fotouhi Ardakani 2
1 Ardakan University
2 Islamic Azad University of Ardakan
10.18869/acadpub.erj.3.32.20
Abstract
The main purpose of present study was to comparing of educational-learning environment and academic locus of control between students of Tizhooshan, Nemooneh and Shahed schools. This research was a correlation study that accomplished in a sample of 506 students who selected by randomly sampling. Data were collected by Dundee ready learning-education environment measure (DREEM) and academic locus of control scale (ALCS) and analyzed by one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and independent t-test. The results show that the significantly difference between students of Tizhooshan and Shahed was only in students’ perception of learning (in favor of Shahed students). In the other dimensions of educational-learning environment and academic locus of control, there was no difference between schools. With regarding of the results can conclude that Tizhooshan schools cannot establish any difference in educational-learning environment and academic locus of control of students.
Keywords
Educational-Learning Environment
Academic Locus of Control
Tizhooshan
Nemooneh
Shahed
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