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Hao Zhang; Shihan Chen; Sen Zheng – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Based on the instructional interaction principles outlined by Chen and Wang (2016) in third-generation distance learning, this study employs a recursive logical perspective on the evolution of the theory of interaction in distance education. It constructs a structural equation model to measure the mediating utility path of the learner's proactive…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Assertiveness, Interaction, Distance Education
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Löfgren, Sami; Ilomäki, Liisa; Lipsanen, Jari; Toom, Auli – Vocations and Learning, 2023
Studies and policy reports worldwide argue that a modern employee must possess domain-general competencies to become employed. However, competency studies within upper-secondary initial vocational education and training are scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to scrutinise this topic and examined how the experienced learning environment…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Vocational Education, Competence, Vocational High Schools
Saltali, Neslihan Durmusoglu; Arslan, Emel; Arslan, Coskun – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the correlation between self-esteem, socio-emotional adaptation of pre-schoolers and their relational problem-solving skills. The sample of the study was composed of 228 pre-schoolers (60-65 months) and their teachers in state and private preschool classes in the province of Konya. In this study,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Self Esteem, Student Adjustment
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Küçükkaragöz, Hadiye; Karakayoun, Kemal – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
This research has been conducted to examine the relationship between primary school 8th grade students' levels of assertiveness and a) family function b) socio-demographic variables. In the research with the family assessment scale, rathus assertiveness and socio-demographic properties inventory has been used. The personal information form has…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 8, Elementary School Students, Public Schools
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Bist, Siddarth Singh; Mehta, Neha; Mehta, Disha; Meghrajani, Indra – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
This paper investigates the perception of corporate managers regarding employability skills of management students undertaking summer internship with them. The study is divided into two parts wherein the first part consists of literature review and in-depth interviews of senior managers, and it is devoted to identifying critical parameters that…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Internship Programs
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Iipinge, Selma M.; Batholmeus, Petrina N.; Pop, Carva – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
This article explores Namibian students' perception of work-integrated learning (WIL) readiness skills developed from an offline and online business simulation course, pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the use of simulations to prepare students for WIL placements. The findings indicate that both versions of the business simulation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Job Skills
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Al-Nabrawi, Ismael; Jdaitawi, Malek; Talafha, Feras – International Education Studies, 2015
Present study has been conducted with the purpose of impact of university skills training on students psycho-social and cognitive skills of males' students in preparatory year deanship in university of Dammam in 2014/2015. The present study is quasi-experimental pre-post-test design was used with control group. The study sample was 150 subjects…
Descriptors: Investment, College Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests
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Hayes, Andrew F.; Preacher, Kristopher J. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2010
Most treatments of indirect effects and mediation in the statistical methods literature and the corresponding methods used by behavioral scientists have assumed linear relationships between variables in the causal system. Here we describe and extend a method first introduced by Stolzenberg (1980) for estimating indirect effects in models of…
Descriptors: Computation, Methods, Models, Statistical Analysis
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Dominick, Joseph R.; And Others – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
A content analysis of the 23 prime time and Saturday morning television programs most popular with children suggested that in prime time programs, assertive and helping behavior were more frequent than aggression in efforts to solve problems, but that the rate of aggression was higher in Saturday programs. (GT)
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Childrens Television, Content Analysis
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Bryan, Tanis; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1984
Results suggest that mothers of both learning-disabled and nondisabled children engage in conversational buffering, although there were few differences between the mothers and the learning-disabled and nondisabled children. Learning-disabled Ss were more likely to agree with and less likely to disagree with their mothers than were nondisabled Ss.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communications, Elementary Education, Interaction
Deffenbacher, Jerry L.; Payne, Dennis M.J. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1980
The correlation between communication apprehension and fear of negative evaluation was significantly stronger for volunteers than nonvolunteers. The results demonstrated a network of behavioral relationships beyond the self-selected problem. Knowledge of these correlates could significantly influence decisions about the design of interventions.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, College Students, Communication Problems
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Rotheram, Mary J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Children (N=101) from fourth, fifth, and sixth grade were assigned to a social skills training program or control condition. Subpopulations of subjects were identified. Results indicated underachievers improved social relationships, disruptive children increased academic skills, and exceptional children increased significantly in both areas.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Problems, Children, Elementary Education
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Bryan, Tanis; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Analyses of the children's communication patterns revealed that LD children were less likely to disagree with classmates, less likely to try to argue for their choices, and more likely to agree with their peers. (Author)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
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Rotheram, Mary Jane – Journal of Educational Research, 1987
When interpersonal problem-solving (IPS) ability, assertiveness, and self-esteem were assessed for 241 fourth- through sixth-graders and related to competence with peers, teachers, and academic subjects, assertiveness was a distinct factor with overlap between IPS and self-esteem. Positive correlations were found between each factor and grade…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Grade Point Average, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Competence
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Stodolsky, David; And Others – 1979
The validity of an automated experimental system incorporating a computer mediator for resolving conflicting requests to speak among four-member problem-solving teams was assessed. Learning how to use problem-solving strategies was affected by this new method for facilitating participation in dialogue. Strategy learning among shy and assertive…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, College Students
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