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How perceptions of the future influence achievement motivation.
(1998)
The research reported here was guided by a theoretical model developed by Miller and Brickman (1997). The model depicts future goals and the plans to reach them as impacting self-regulation for present achievement. To ...
Assessing conceptual ecologies.
(1998)
The participants of this study developed diagrams and repertory grid matrices that assessed their perceptions of the relationships between concepts related to "research". The diagrams and matrices suggested a level of ...
Investigating the Predictors of Spatial Skills Essential for Construction Science Student Success in the Digital Age
(2015-12-18)
This study investigated spatial ability, domain knowledge, and domain real-world experience as predictors of spatial skills. One hundred seventy-seven construction science students participated in the study. The study ...
Perfectionism, the Thin Ideal, and Disordered Eating: Does Internalized Misogyny Play a Role?
(2014-03-31)
Research has consistently shown a relationship between both perfectionism and the internalization of the thin ideal with disordered eating behavior. The relationship between internalized misogyny and disordered eating ...
The relationship of group functions to achievement in cooperative learning groups performing ill-structured problem-solving.
(1997)
Cooperative learning groups have been the subject of study for nearly a century. The majority of the studies have focused primarily on either establishing the effectiveness of a particular method, or assessing the effectiveness ...
The effects of computer-assisted instruction on communicative interactions and disruptive behavior for individuals with autism.
(2003)
The present study was designed to examine the effects of computer-assisted instruction using a naturalistic language paradigm intervention (independent variable) for five adult individuals with autism. Four of the individuals ...
Intrinsic motivation and affective differences between high-frequency and low-frequency levels of exercise in college students.
(1997)
Comparisons were made between high-frequency and low-frequency physical activity participants according to gender. Analysis of covariance indicated significant differences between the groups for sports-related Competence, ...
Learners' motivational characteristics in statistics: A causal model.
(1997)
A total of 263 participants enrolled in three introductory statistics courses completed a two-part instrument measuring the variables of interest prior to their midterm exam. In order to assess the validity of the causal ...
A comparison of the effects of procedural and metacognition instruction on the transfer of computer software skills.
(1999)
This study investigated the influence of instructional strategies on software application transfer. An introductory computer course was used to determine the impact of metacognitive strategies on transfer of software ...
Effects of self-construals on university students' causal attributions, self-efficacy beliefs, and self-handicapping behavior.
(2004)
Participants were administered the Self-Construal Scale (Singelis, 1994), the Implicit Theory Measure (Dweck & Henderson, 1989), the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey (Midgley et al., 2000), the subject-specific ...