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Evaluating Reddit as a Crowdsourcing Platform for Psychology Research Projects
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Luong, Raymond; Lomanowska, Anna M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: Online crowdsourcing platforms, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), have become popular alternatives to the ubiquitous student samples used in psychology research. r/SampleSize, an alternative pool on the website Reddit, allows for online participant recruitment without compulsory or immediate payment, making it potentially useful…
Descriptors: Social Media, Research Methodology, Data Collection, Psychology
Stranger in a Strange Land: The Role of Study Abroad in Civic Virtues
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Boulware, Jeannie Ngoc; Kim, Yena; Nusbaum, Howard; Henly, Anne – Journal of Moral Education, 2023
What leads people to contribute to public life, to strengthen social cohesion, and work to better society? We investigated how co-curricular aspects of college life relate to social cognitive processes foundational for civic virtues and contribute to their development. We examined one widespread type of co-curricular college experience--studying…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Values, Citizen Participation, Empathy
Reflecting on the Past, Looking towards the Future: The Effects of Case Analysis on Forecasting
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Mulhearn, Tyler J.; McIntosh, Tristan; Mumford, Michael D. – Creativity Research Journal, 2020
Prior research has demonstrated the importance of forecasting to creative problem-solving performance. Less is known about how case analysis and outcome valence impact forecasting performance. In this study, 266 participants were asked to assume the role of a Marketing Director of a clothing company and develop a marketing campaign for entering a…
Descriptors: Prediction, Creativity, Problem Solving, Planning
Ability and Responsibility: Need for Cognition and Study Habits in Academic Achievement
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Hawthorne, Melissa J.; Cooper, Alisha; Chavis, Katie; Burrell, Tracey; Evans, Cay – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021
Student success is an ongoing area of interest to educators and researchers alike. The current study seeks to expand the literature on what factors help or hinder students by examining the roles of Need for Cognition (NfC), academic motivation, and student study habits in academic success. The results indicated that NfC scores, Personal…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Positive Attitudes
Self-Authorship Capacity and Its Relationship with College Student Experiences and Outcomes
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Bowman, Nicholas A.; Linley, Jodi L.; Weaver, Kari E. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2020
To achieve many outcomes promoted by student affairs educators, students need the internal capacity to author their knowledge, identities, and relationships. This study examined the link between students' entering self-authorship capacity and their experiences and outcomes in their first and fourth years. Findings from 214 participants indicate…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Outcomes of Education, College Freshmen, College Seniors
The Effects of Viewpoint Diversity and Racial Diversity on Need for Cognition
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Goodman, Kathleen M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
Need for cognition is the enjoyment of and motivation to think, solve problems, and actively use one's mind, characteristics that are vital to learning. Diversity has been associated with many learning outcomes, yet critics of diversity claim that viewpoint diversity--not racial diversity--is sufficient for learning; therefore, I explored the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Diversity, Racial Differences, College Freshmen, Racial Factors