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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 ...
The effect of intermittent forgetting upon learning and productivity within production systems.
(2000)
This dissertation addresses the effects of intermittent forgetting upon the learning and industrial production process. This work can apply to any process in which learning must occur and may re-occur at a later point in ...
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 ...
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 ...
The relationship of the Quest scale to the NEO-FFI Inventory: A validation study.
(2004)
This study examined the relationship between the Quest scale and personality. Ninety-nine participants from a large midwestem University completed this study. Participants were volunteers from a psychology subject pool. ...
An evaluation of the Breastfeeding Educator Program(TM): A continuing education program for health care providers.
(2001)
Two-hundred and forty-four participants participated in some aspects of the evaluation process. Participants were recruited from three continuing education program sites in the Midwest United States. Seventy-two participants ...