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Factors Influencing the Decision to Return to Graduate School for Professional Students.
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Stoecker, Judith L. – Research in Higher Education, 1991
A study of the decisions of 217 physical therapists to return to graduate school looked at background characteristics, college characteristics, college experiences, work experiences, and attitudes toward graduate study. Reasons for returning included primarily professional skill development, and also specialization needs and income enhancement.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Attitudes, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Academic Help-Seeking in the University Setting: The Effects of Motivational Set, Attributional Style, and Help Source Characteristics.
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Magnusson, Jamie-Lynn; Perry, Raymond P. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated college students' (n=226) academic help-seeking behavior under task-involved and ego-involved classroom conditions, students' attributions for failure, and two types of help source (instrumental, in which the student finds his own solution, and executive, in which a solution is disclosed). Implications for classroom teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction