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Gamliel, Tova; Reichental, Yael; Ayal, Nitza – Educational Gerontology, 2007
This paper, the first in a 2-part series, proposes a Model-of-Knowledge for the social analysis of intergenerational encounters between older adults and children and discusses professional intervention. The model is based on the findings of a pilot counseling activity at a primary school in Israel. It sets forth 4 types of encounters between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Children, Models
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Trumper, Ricardo – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Presents four categories of motivational characteristics for science students: achievement, curiosity, conscientiousness, and sociability. Asserts that most students exhibit one or more of these traits. Discusses changing correlations among characteristics, gender, and grade level. (MJP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Curiosity, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation
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Kleiman, Ephraim; Rubenstein, Yona – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Reports on the replication of Jane Leuthold's experiment concerning consumer choice, investments, and free riding indexes. This experiment, conducted in an Israeli undergraduate economics class, broadened the subjects' characteristics questionnaire to include issues of social consciousness and altruism. Includes four tables of statistical data.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consumer Economics, Decision Making, Economic Factors