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Dean, Shannon R. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
Developing multiculturally competent citizens is at the forefront of the espoused mission of higher education. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-report instrument to measure traditional-age (18-to 24-year-old) college students' multicultural consciousness (e.g., awareness of self, knowledge of difference, and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Awareness, Interpersonal Competence
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Zhao, Yanhua; Zhu, Xiangru; Zhao, Guoxiang – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
This study examined the validity of a Chinese version of the Social Achievement Goal Orientation Scale (C-SAGOS), a measure testing the trichotomous framework of achievement goal orientations in a social domain. A total of 208 college students (51% female) aged 18 to 23 participated in the study. Factor analyses showed that the three-factor model…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Interpersonal Competence, Program Validation, Rating Scales
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Brown, Lori A. – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
Communication competence is a leading agent in professional success and the ability most sought after by employers. Educational institutions benefit by producing students with such sought-after skills. However, there is a disconnect between skills practitioner stakeholders desire and what graduates deliver. Strengthening the value of a business…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Program Validation, Models, Educational Practices
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Davies, Randall; Zaugg, Holt; Tateishi, Isaku – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Advances in technology have increased the likelihood that engineers will have to work in a global, culturally diverse setting. Many schools of engineering are currently revising their curricula to help students to develop cultural competence. However, our ability to measure cultural dispositions can be a challenge. The purpose of this project was…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Test Construction, Attitude Measures, Cultural Awareness
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Harvey, Shane T.; Bimler, David; Evans, Ian M.; Kirkland, John; Pechtel, Pia – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Harvey and Evans (2003) have proposed that teachers' emotional skills, as required in the classroom, can be organized into a five-dimensional model. Further research is necessary to validate this model and evaluate the importance of each dimension of teacher emotion competence for educational practice. Using a statistical method for mapping…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Educational Practices, Interpersonal Competence, Profiles
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Titsworth, Scott; Quinlan, Margaret M.; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2010
Although scholars from across the field of communication have highlighted the importance of emotion in interpersonal relationships, persuasive messages, and organizations, the topic has yet to receive systematic attention from scholars who study classroom communication. Using interdisciplinary literature from communication and other fields as a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Student Attitudes, Emotional Response, Factor Analysis
Caban, Alisia Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The development, maintenance, and integration of multicultural competence into all aspects of psychologists' work is critical to ethical practice in an increasingly diverse society. Measurement of multicultural competency is critical to investigating the development of multicultural competence and the effectiveness of multicultural competency…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis