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Assessing Virtue: Measurement in Moral Education at Home and Abroad
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Alexander, Hanan A. – Ethics and Education, 2016
How should we assess programs dedicated to education in virtue? One influential answer draws on quantitative research designs. By measuring the inputs and processes that produce the highest levels of virtue among participants according to some reasonable criterion, in this view, we can determine which programs engender the most desired results.…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Values, Moral Development, Statistical Analysis
The Distinction between Moral Judgment Development and Verbal Ability: Some Relevant Data Using Socio-Political Outcome Variables
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Thoma, Stephen J.; Derryberry, Pitt; Narvaez, Darcia – High Ability Studies, 2009
Critics of moral judgment measures question whether the obtained pattern of relationships between moral judgment scores and outcome variables might be better explained by verbal/general ability. To address this concern, we assess the degree to which moral judgment development reduces to verbal ability using the Defining Issues Test (DIT). Our…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Moral Development, Decision Making, Moral Values
The Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of a Character-Based School Culture Project in Taiwan
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Lee, Chi-Ming – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
This study focused on the planning, implementation and evaluation of a character-based school culture (CBSC) project in Taiwan. The project integrated the principles of justice, caring and developmental discipline and was influenced by several well-known American models of character education programmes. The CBSC project was conducted in a…
Descriptors: School Culture, Foreign Countries, Values Education, Moral Development
Conceptual and Moral Development of Substance Abuse Counselors: Implications for Training
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Sias, Shari M.; Lambie, Glenn W.; Foster, Victoria A. – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2006
The relationship among substance abuse counselors' education, experience, recovery status, and cognitive development (conceptual complexity and moral reasoning levels) was examined in a simultaneous multiple regression. Significant relationships were found between counselors' level of conceptual complexity and moral reasoning and their education.…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Moral Development, Cognitive Development, Counselor Training