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Noncognitive Factors and Student Long-Run Success: Comparing the Predictive Validity of Observable Academic Behaviors and Social-Emotional Skills. EdWorkingPaper No. 22-657
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Jing Liu; Megan Kuhfeld; Monica Lee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Noncognitive constructs such as self-efficacy, social awareness, and academic engagement are widely acknowledged as critical components of human capital, but systematic data collection on such skills in school systems is complicated by conceptual ambiguities, measurement challenges and resource constraints. This study addresses this issue by…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Predictor Variables, Predictive Validity, Academic Achievement
Examining Drinking Patterns and High-Risk Drinking Environments among College Athletes at Different Competition Levels
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Marzell, Miesha; Morrison, Christopher; Mair, Christina; Moynihan, Stefanie; Gruenewald, Paul J. – Journal of Drug Education, 2015
This study examined drinking patterns of three different college student groups: (a) intercollegiate athletes, (b) intramural/club athletes, and (c) nonathletes. Additionally, we investigated whether a relationship exists between drinking setting and risk of increased drinking. We analyzed data on the athletic involvement, drinking behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Drinking, Risk, Disadvantaged Environment, College Athletics
Practical-Moral Knowledge: The Social Organization of Regulatory Processes in Academic Contexts
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Stone, Lynda D.; Kerrick, Madeleine R.; Stoeckl, Rita F. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2013
In this article, we developed a theoretical frame to analyze how practical-moral knowledge structures the regulatory processes of learning to control and direct behavior during literacy lessons in two elementary classrooms. We describe how regulatory behaviors were congruent with the local social and moral order, constituents of practical-moral…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Metacognition
Ethnic Differences in School Behavior. Bilingual Education Paper Series, Vol. 3, No. 7.
Figueroa, Richard A.; Gallegos, Elmer A. – 1980
A study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the Ramirez and Castaneda rating scale used to distinguish ethnic behaviors in schools and to generate a more comprehensive scale for identifying those behaviors. Two hundred and sixty two elementary school children and 39 teachers from Spanish bilingual and English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Cultural Differences, Differences
Instructor Reaction to Verbal and Nonverbal-Visual Styles: An Example of Navajo and Caucasian Children.
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Guilmet, George M. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1979
Holds that differences observed in instructor attention to Navajo and Caucasian children are due to the contrasting verbal and nonverbal-visual styles displayed by the two groups. Offers an evaluation program which attempts to offset teachers' tendencies to attend differentially to children displaying diverse behavioral styles in the classroom.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescent Smoking and Its Correlates.
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Eckhardt, Laura; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1994
This study examined cross-sectional correlates of smoking during early and late adolescence to compare patterns of prediction of smoking at both stages. Intention to smoke was the strongest predictor of smoking during both stages, particularly in late adolescence, as well as being the strongest predictor of changes in smoking. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Drug Use