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Pierson, Christopher T.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Flowers, Lamont – 2002
This document presents the variable definitions utilized in a study of the impacts of two- and four-year college attendance on learning orientations. The authors identify the specific survey items that compose the four orientations to learning explored in this study (i.e., openness to diversity/challenge, learning for self-understanding, internal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
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Cruce, Ty M.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
This study estimated separately the unique effects of three dimensions of good practice and the global effects of a composite measure of good practices on the cognitive development, orientations to learning, and educational aspirations of students during their first year of college. Analyses of longitudinal data from a representative sample of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Aspiration, Orientation, College Freshmen