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Mansureh Kebritchi; Ryan Rominger; Mark McCaslin – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
Online education has become an integral part of higher education with the ever-increasing demand for online doctoral programs. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to explore the nature of student success and contributing factors to improving student success for nontraditional students in an online doctoral program. Relationships between…
Descriptors: Success, Nontraditional Students, Doctoral Students, Online Courses
Jie Yang – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Interpersonal skills and perfectionistic tendencies of gifted adolescents may influence psychological health and future professional success. In order to better understand these variables, we must have accurate and valid measures first. This study attempted development and validation of measures of interpersonal skills and perfectionistic…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Test Validity, Test Construction
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
Children's ways of learning are as different as the colors of the rainbow. All children have different personalities, preferences and tastes; they all have a certain way they prefer to learn. Teachers and parents need to be aware of and value these differences. Children's brains develop faster from birth to age three than any other time, and more…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Brain, Learning Processes, Intelligence Quotient
Hadi Rajabbeigi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A large proportion of students in the United States is international students. Thus, educational leaders need to facilitate the learning process for this population. This study investigated the characteristics of international students that affect their academic performance. The purpose of this study was to determine how individual characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Interpersonal Competence, Correlation, Metacognition
Latino, Christian A.; Way, Jason; Colbow, Alexander; Bouwers, Samantha; Casillas, Alex; McKinniss, Tamera – ACT, Inc., 2017
As part of ACT's Holistic Framework, ACT researchers developed a Behavioral Skills Framework that can be used to assess behavior in education and work settings. By utilizing specific statements of effective behaviors, known as performance level descriptors (PLDs) (e.g., communicating well in group tasks), the Behavioral Skills Framework is…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Behavioral Objectives
Kankaraš, Miloš – OECD Publishing, 2017
Personality characteristics shape human behaviour and influence a wide range of life events and outcomes. They do so not only through their direct effects on life outcomes, but also through their indirect effects on other important personal factors and intermediate life events, such as the development of cognitive capacities, the attainment of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Adults, Surveys, International Assessment
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Gourneau, Bonni – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Bullying has proven to be a major problem in our society, one that can no longer be ignored. Unfortunately, every day children of various ages leave schools feeling scared, sad, anxious, and embarrassed, which greatly interferes with their ability to learn and to enjoy their childhood. This paper will review literature on bullying as well as the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Student Attitudes, Middle School Students, Empathy
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Pertegal-Felices, María L.; Castejón-Costa, Juan L.; Jimeno-Morenilla, Antonio – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
The evidence suggests that emotional intelligence and personality traits are important qualities that workers need in order to successfully exercise a profession. This article assumes that the main purpose of universities is to promote employment by providing an education that facilitates the acquisition of abilities, skills, competencies and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Computer Science Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Comparative Analysis
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Rasul, Mohamad Sattar; Rauf, Rose Amnah Abd; Mansor, Azlin Norhaini; Puvanasvaran, A. P. – International Education Studies, 2012
Research nationally and internationally found that technical graduates are lacking in employability skills. As employability skills are crucial in outcome-based education, the main goal of this research is to develop an Employability Skill Assessment Tool to help students and lecturers produce competent graduates in employability skills needed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Technical Education, Technical Occupations
Lee, Annette L. – 1996
While self-esteem develops after life's primary needs have been satisfied, other factors can influence its development. This thesis investigates the self-esteem of high school and college athletes. The independent variables investigated were gender, athletic participation, family structure, and reported grades. The dependent variables were the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletes, College Students, Family Environment
Warren, Russell G. – 1983
The suggestions of business executives concerning the content of a general education program that would assist students in achieving success in business were obtained through a 1982 survey. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 113 respondents in companies ranging in size from 1,000 or more employees to those with 50,000-plus employees. Five…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Graduates, Communication Skills, Computation
Mundorf, Nancy K. – 1996
This year-long study explored toddler separation distress behaviors in a developmentally appropriate classroom that used a gradual entry process, including a home visit. Four toddlers were selected for study: two had overt separation distress behaviors at the beginning of the year, and two did not exhibit overt distress. The children were…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role