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Spisak, Art L.; Squires, Suzanne Carter – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
High-ability entering college students give three main reasons for not choosing to become part of honors programs and colleges; they and/or their parents believe that honors classes at the university level require more work than non-honors courses, are more stressful, and will adversely affect their self-image and grade point average (GPA) (Hill;…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Honors Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Program Attitudes
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Jennings, Patricia A.; Snowberg, Karin E.; Coccia, Michael A.; Greenberg, Mark T. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2011
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) is a professional development program designed to reduce stress and improve teachers' performance. Two pilot studies examined program feasibility and attractiveness and preliminary evidence of efficacy. Study 1 involved educators from a high-poverty urban setting (n = 31). Study 2 involved…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Teachers, Pilot Projects, Resilience (Psychology)
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Bahr, Damon L.; Shaha, Steven H.; Farnsworth, Briant J. Lewis, Valerie K.; Benson, Linda F. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2004
The research discussed in this manuscript was supported by a capacity building grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education as a "Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology Grant (PT3)". The problem was to determine the effect on teacher candidates of a field experience in which candidates used technology to support the teaching of a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Control Groups, Educational Technology, Technological Literacy