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Perilloux, Carin; Lewis, David M. G.; Goetz, Cari D.; Fleischman, Diana S.; Easton, Judith A.; Confer, Jaime C.; Buss, David M. – American Psychologist, 2010
Replies to comments on Evolutionary psychology: Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitations by Confer et al. The purpose of which was to clarify the logic of evolutionary psychology and clear up some of the more common misunderstandings about it. In this response, we address the key points raised by the commentators.
Descriptors: Evolution, Psychology, Individual Differences, Bias
Crow, Michael M. – Trusteeship, 2010
What is most striking about the efforts of colleges and universities to recover from the repercussions of the global financial crisis is the extent to which many are determined to frame the moment as an opportunity. Much of the discourse surrounding the response of academic institutions to the recession, however, has been couched in the context of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Climate, Adjustment (to Environment), Campuses
Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2008
From the pragmatists to the neo-Piagetians, development has been understood to involve cycles of perception and action--the internalization of interactions with the world and the construction of skills for acting in the world. From a neurobiological standpoint, new evidence suggests that neural activities related to action and perception converge…
Descriptors: Models, Goal Orientation, Brain, Sociocultural Patterns
Snell, Martha E. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2009
Students with disabilities should not only be members of general education classrooms, but must also be able to learn meaningful skills in those settings, not just socialize with peers. This article reviews effective teaching methods and their contextual fit with the working of a general education classroom. The response to intervention (RtI)…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, General Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
Picard, Christopher L. – Educational Technology, 1993
Examines the implications of the term "goal directed," or "intentional behavior," in the context of instructional design strategies. Models developed by Piaget and Vygotsky regarding development and learning are reviewed; intentionality and situated activities are discussed and examples given; and principles regarding…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Goal Orientation, Guidelines, Instructional Design
Davis, Gary – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Discusses the importance of providing orientation and professional development for community college trustees, arguing that development programs are best when they are individually tailored to colleges and new board members. Presents a model trustee education curriculum, highlighting key skill areas related to college context, group processes,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Job Skills, Models, Motivation

Casebeer, Linda – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 1992
Models of educational and social change may be goal centered or interaction centered. Changes in health care professionals and delivery systems favor an approach to change as a complex process of mutual shaping by multiple interactions among groups, individuals, and institutions. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Goal Orientation, Interaction, Medical Education
Dai, David Yun – High Ability Studies, 2003
Robert Sternberg's WICS (Wisdom, Intelligence, Creativity, Syntehsized) model of giftedness provides a novel and valuable meaning to the construct of giftedness. First, instead of conceptualizing giftedness as inherited static traits, WICS is distinctly a dynamic, developmental model of giftedness. The second valuable feature of the model is that…
Descriptors: Creativity, Gifted, Models, Goal Orientation
Baker, David P. – Journal of the Oklahoma Speech-Theatre-Communication Association, 1984
The growth in the popularity and importance of disadvantage arguments in debate has been, in some measure, due to the growing belief that debate should be viewed from a policy-making perspective. And, with the focus of contemporary debate shifting to the consequences of policy actions, there has been a concurrent increase in the sophistication of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Debate, Decision Making, Goal Orientation
Greene, John O.; Sparks, Glenn G. – 1982
Among the characteristics of communicative apprehensive individuals are fearful reactions to communication situations, perceptions of low personal competency, an inability to identify appropriate social behaviors, and an anticipation of negative outcomes to interaction. One proposed model for communication apprehension assumes that a state of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)

Sleeuwenhoek, H. C.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
This article presents a literature survey and conceptual model of the perceptual-motor performance of children with visual impairment, in relation to their social development. The relationships between visual impairment and orientation, visual impairment and mobility, and motor performance and social integration are examined. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Models, Motor Development, Orientation, Perceptual Development
Bernardin, H. John; And Others – 1981
Researchers review the theoretical and empirical literature to investigate how models of organizational effectiveness can be applied to the study of school effectiveness in public elementary and secondary education. The authors consider nine models grouped into two sets: goal-centered models and systems-oriented models. The goal-centered group…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation, Measurement Techniques
Bayer, Alan E. – 1982
Student transfers from school to school at the elementary and secondary levels have been increasing for many decades. A proposed typology of major school transfer flows distinguishes between "systemic" transfers, caused by changes in school structures, and "individualistic" transfers, caused by family or individual changes. Within this typology,…
Descriptors: Charts, Classification, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Scanlan, Craig L. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1985
This article elaborates the various goal orientations currently characterizing continuing professional education and identifies their practical implications. A goal orientations model is presented that may prove useful in addressing both programmatic and policy considerations. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Philosophy, Goal Orientation

Baird, Samera; Peterson, JoEllyn – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1997
Synthesizes the research on infant-parent interaction and proposes a model for introducing and including infant-parent interaction in family-centered early intervention with young children having disabilities. The model stresses the family's vision for the child's future and the family's role in active decision making. (DB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement