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HRPYC81
PROJECT 4804
813132
The Relationship Between Locus of Control and Ubuntu Virtues: How It Relates to Learning
Styles
du Plessis, A
66643449
October / November 2022
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Table of contents
Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Background ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Exploratory Questions..................................................................................................................... 8
Literature review ............................................................................................................................. 8
Locus of Control and Learning Styles ....................................................................................... 8
Locus of Control and Academic Success ................................................................................... 9
Ubuntu in Education and Learning Styles .............................................................................. 10
Research Design and Methods ...................................................................................................... 11
Research Type ............................................................................................................................ 11
Inclusion and Exclusion............................................................................................................. 11
Sample Size and Participant Characteristics .......................................................................... 11
Sampling Procedures ................................................................................................................. 11
Measures and Covariates .......................................................................................................... 12
Data Collection ........................................................................................................................... 13
Analytic Strategies ..................................................................................................................... 13
Quality of Measurements .......................................................................................................... 14
Psychometrics ............................................................................................................................. 15
Locus of Control Scale’s Reliability and Validity .................................................................. 15
The Ubuntu Virtue Questionnaire Validity and Reliability................................................... 15
Learning Behaviour Questionnaire Validity and Reliability ................................................ 16
Results ............................................................................................................................................. 17
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Locus of control (LOC) Questionnaire Intercorrelations with Ubuntu Virtue
Questionnaire (UVQ) Factors (Items) 1-5………………………………………………………………………………17
LOC with Learning Behaviour Questionnaire (LBQ) factors 1-4……………………………………18
LBQ factor 1 with each of UVQ factors 1-4………………………………………………………………………19
LBQF2 with each of UVQF 1-5………………………………………………………………………………………….20
LBQF3 with each of UVQF1-5…………………………………………………………………………………………..21
LBQF4 with each of UVQF1-5……………………………………………………………………………………………21
Preliminary Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………………………22
Main Analysis or Hypotheses Testing…………………………………………………………………………………22
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23
Limitations and Strengths……………………………………………………………………………………………………24
Limitations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24
Strengths…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….24
Ethics…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24
Contributions to Knowledge…………………………………………………………………………………………………….25
Implications of the Research…………………………………………………………………………………………………….25
References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….26-27
Plagiarism declaration……………………………………………………………………………28
HRPYC81
PROJECT 4804
813132
The Relationship Between Locus of Control and Ubuntu Virtues: How It Relates to Learning
Styles
du Plessis, A
66643449
October / November 2022
, 2
Table of contents
Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Background ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Exploratory Questions..................................................................................................................... 8
Literature review ............................................................................................................................. 8
Locus of Control and Learning Styles ....................................................................................... 8
Locus of Control and Academic Success ................................................................................... 9
Ubuntu in Education and Learning Styles .............................................................................. 10
Research Design and Methods ...................................................................................................... 11
Research Type ............................................................................................................................ 11
Inclusion and Exclusion............................................................................................................. 11
Sample Size and Participant Characteristics .......................................................................... 11
Sampling Procedures ................................................................................................................. 11
Measures and Covariates .......................................................................................................... 12
Data Collection ........................................................................................................................... 13
Analytic Strategies ..................................................................................................................... 13
Quality of Measurements .......................................................................................................... 14
Psychometrics ............................................................................................................................. 15
Locus of Control Scale’s Reliability and Validity .................................................................. 15
The Ubuntu Virtue Questionnaire Validity and Reliability................................................... 15
Learning Behaviour Questionnaire Validity and Reliability ................................................ 16
Results ............................................................................................................................................. 17
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Locus of control (LOC) Questionnaire Intercorrelations with Ubuntu Virtue
Questionnaire (UVQ) Factors (Items) 1-5………………………………………………………………………………17
LOC with Learning Behaviour Questionnaire (LBQ) factors 1-4……………………………………18
LBQ factor 1 with each of UVQ factors 1-4………………………………………………………………………19
LBQF2 with each of UVQF 1-5………………………………………………………………………………………….20
LBQF3 with each of UVQF1-5…………………………………………………………………………………………..21
LBQF4 with each of UVQF1-5……………………………………………………………………………………………21
Preliminary Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………………………22
Main Analysis or Hypotheses Testing…………………………………………………………………………………22
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23
Limitations and Strengths……………………………………………………………………………………………………24
Limitations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24
Strengths…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….24
Ethics…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24
Contributions to Knowledge…………………………………………………………………………………………………….25
Implications of the Research…………………………………………………………………………………………………….25
References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….26-27
Plagiarism declaration……………………………………………………………………………28
