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Prompting students' knowledge integration and ill-structured problem solving in a Web-based learning environment.
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different types of question prompts on students' knowledge acquisition and ill-structured problem solving outcomes. Although there are consistent findings regarding ...
Analogical Reasoning in a Model of Future-Oriented Motivation and Self-Regulation: An Exploration of the Relationships between Analogical Reasoning, Instrumentality and Self-Regulation
(2012)
This study examined the role analogical reasoning plays in Miller and Brickman's (2004) model of future-oriented motivation and self-regulation. Analogical reasoning was tested in varied roles with three variables from the ...
An exploratory study of potential subgroups among overweight and obese individuals.
(2006)
Two hundred and five male and female members of Taking Pounds Off Sensibly (TOPS) participated in this study of potential psychological risk factors associated with being overweight or obese. Participants completed a ...
The Effects of Training Preservice Teacher In Creative Problem Solving And Classroom Managment
(2010)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of teaching a specific creative problem solving model with preservice teachers. The study included 74 participants enrolled in an undergraduate educational psychology ...
Examination of High School Transition Program Variables Associated with Successful Outcomes
(2009)
This dissertation study investigated secondary transition programs throughout New Mexico in order to identify the extent of their services and research suggested best practices within high schools. Educators, including ...
Scaffolding online peer collaboration to enhance ill-structured problem solving with computer-based cognitive support.
(2006)
The results reveal significant effects of procedure and metacognitive question prompts in ill-structured problem solving at both overall and univariate levels. However, there was no significant effect of online peer ...
Application of the transtheoretical model to reduce dropout from outpatient psychotherapy.
(2000)
This study investigated the utility of a central construct of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), Stage of Change, as an ad hoc predictor of premature termination (PT) from outpatient psychotherapy. In addition, a TTM-derived ...
Predictors of attitudes toward intimate partner violence among African immigrants: The moderating effects of religiosity and patriarchal beliefs
(2020-08)
In recent years, there has been an increase in gender-based violence and intimate partner homicides among African immigrants living in the United States. Of the many risk factors theorized for intimate partner homicide, a ...
Measuring Satisfaction with Family-Professional Partnership in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Programs in Qatar
(2010)
Family-professional partnership has been considered a recommended practice in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) programs for young children with disabilities and their families for the past two ...
The relationship of attachment style to personality factors and family interaction patterns.
(1998)
This study examined the relationship of adult attachment style to various personality factors and family interaction patterns. Participants in the study were 227 undergraduate students who completed the Attachment Style ...