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Black freshmen :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1984)
This study examined the differences between academically successful and unsuccessful Black college freshmen enrolled in two predominantly White universities, the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the University of Texas (UT). ...
Daniel Boone Wilderness Therapeutic Camping Program: A retrospective study of beliefs, attitudes, and values of selected innovators and change agents.
(1997)
The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the beliefs, attitudes, and values of a select group of innovators and change agents who participated in one therapeutic camping and experiential educational program ...
Awakening a social conscience: Toward a model of activist identity development.
(2007)
A Model of Activist Identity Development (MAID) is proposed having five stages: Contact, Commitment to Action, Stridency, Adaptation, and Deepened Understanding. These stages bear similarity to established models of identity ...
Self-Forgiveness Scale: A validation study.
(2001)
The topic of forgiveness is defined, presented in models, and reviewed in the present literature. Additionally, the existing measures of and research on forgiveness are discussed. The topic of self-forgiveness is presented ...
“You just can't save them all”: understanding mathematics teachers’ teaching self-efficacy development through the lens of attribution beliefs
(2021-11-09)
The purpose of this study was to explore how mathematics teachers in urban schools serving disadvantaged communities develop their teaching self-efficacy and how teachers’ attribution beliefs were related to their ...
Students' stress: The relationship of college students' stress variables to goal orientations, academic self-concept, and achievement variables.
(1997)
Results revealed that Academic Self-Concept was the most influential and predictive of GPA. Cognitive Appraisal Strategies and Negative Personal Beliefs Stressors had strong influences on Academic Self-Concept. Furthermore, ...
Motivation for learning in information technology experts: Profiles of multiple goals.
(2006)
This study describes the motivational characteristics of developing experts in information technology (IT). Experienced IT workers (N=203) who were users of online technology discussion groups completed surveys about ...
The relationship of classroom achievement goals, personal achievement goals, and frames of reference with academic self-concept.
(2006)
Examines the relationship between undergraduates' perception of their classroom environment, their adoption of achievement goals, their use of frames of reference and academic self-efficacy and self-concept. The study also ...
The effects of cognitive load conditions upon performance, anxiety, and self-efficacy in computer-based learning environments.
(2005)
The present study examined whether an extraneous cognitive load condition adversely affected participants' performance, self-efficacy, and anxiety. The participants were sixty-six pre-service teacher education students ...
How Is Sexual Identity Acceptance Related To Self-Determination For LGB-Identified University Students Within Classroom Settings?
(2014-08-15)
The social environment in which students operate has been shown to influence psychological well-being (Deci & Ryan, 2000). Through this quantitative study, the research highlights inadequacy of academic research dealing ...