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Madison, Stephen Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine hope's unique role, if any, in predicting persistence in a developmental writing course. Perceived academic self-efficacy was also included as a variable of interest for comparison because self-efficacy has been more widely studied than hope in terms of its non-cognitive role in predicting academic…
Descriptors: Research Design, Basic Writing, Self Efficacy, Persistence
Griffee, Dale T. – Learning Assistance Review, 2007
This 10 week longitudinal evaluation study evaluated a brain-based learning curriculum proposed by Smilkstein (2003) by comparing student performance in a traditional basic writing curriculum with NHLP-oriented basic writing curriculum. The study included two classes each of experimental and traditional methods. Results of the data, gathered by…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Brain, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research