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Burnout among special educators: Do experience, certification, caseload, and school size make a difference?
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to address various concerns regarding the burnout rate of special educators in Oklahoma school settings. The provision of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with ...
Peak experience, epiphany, and psychological well-being.
(2006)
This dissertation examined two critical experiences: peak experience and epiphany and their relationship with psychological well-being (general well-being and life satisfaction). Survey data from 217 college students was ...
Collegiate journalists, media literacy, the culture of fear, and Conscientizacao: A critical ethnography.
(2006)
This qualitative project explored collegiate journalists' experiences with a mass-media generated Culture of Fear and investigated the theoretical interconnections of this culture, journalism education, college newspaper ...
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 school experiences of Native American and Alaska Native students: A closer look at self determination theory.
(2006)
Multiple regression was performed to examine how well need satisfaction predicted the G.P.A. and well being scores of American Indian college students. In addition, open ended questions asked students about perceived ...
Cultural identification and academic achievement: Validation of the Cultural Connectedness Achievement Measure and its use in understanding motivational characteristics of oppositional, racelessness and primary cultural identification.
(2006)
The present study presents evidence regarding the reliability and validity of the Cultural Connectedness Achievement Measure (CLAM). The CCAM consist of three subscales representing three cultural dimensions of African ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...