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Winnifred Johnson-Carr – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Evidence suggests females' mathematics skills and abilities are not as well developed as males resulting in females being underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career fields. In addition, self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) plays a role in academic performance, giving those with greater SDLR and…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Gender Differences, Learning Strategies, Algebra
Apa Browne, Lynn Geri – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Elementary grade students in a mid-Atlantic state school district have not been meeting academic standards on state assessments. Research indicates that academic achievement is connected to self-directed readiness to learn; however, often the instruction in strategies for student self-directed readiness to learn remains teacher-centered. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies, Learning Readiness
Daniels, Elizabeth Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study compared the SDL readiness and behaviors of two homogeneous groups of junior level undergraduate nursing students (n = 33) as measured by Guglielmino's SDLRS. One group was exposed to an educational module that addressed the purpose and process of SDL and the other was not exposed to the educational module. An experimental,…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods