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Courtney Reim – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this exploratory descriptive research was to examine what Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) certified Montessori teachers (MTs) for students ages 3-6 years in the United States reported regarding scientific observation (SO) as a disposition and as a disposition in action (DIA) to better understand MTs' application of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Montessori Schools, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Abigail Jo Leonard – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this inquiry was to conduct a formative evaluation of a rural Pennsylvania school district's dispositional hiring practices. The review of literature includes disposition evaluation methods and summarizes the controversial nature of evaluating dispositions. Interviews of administrators who ask dispositional questions, and newly…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, School Districts, Rural Schools, Personnel Selection
Polito, Vincent A., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The objective of this research was to explore the possibilities of identifying knowledge style factors that could be used as central elements of a professional business analyst's (PBA) performance attributes at work for those decision makers that use advanced analytical technologies on decision making tasks. Indicators of knowledge style were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Personality, Scoring, Multivariate Analysis
White, David J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The bi-directional relationships within the personal and contextual environments of adolescents are critical to the development of adolescents and their transition into adulthood. Opportunities for youth to participate in and provide leadership in meaningful programs, gain life skills, and interact with adults in sustained relationships are key…
Descriptors: Community Action, Personality, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
Al-Hendawi, Maha – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Individual differences in temperament can be a risk or a protective factor for a child, especially for children at-risk who possess single or multiple risk factors that may interfere with their educational success and affect their healthy development and their life-long outcomes. This research study examined the concurrent and longitudinal…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Persistence, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Fineran, Kerrie R. J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992b) is an assessment of normal personality composition that is used in clinical counseling contexts as well as for personnel selection. There has been some debate regarding the necessity and usefulness of validity scales to detect response distortion on this instrument. Because the authors of the instrument,…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Personality Assessment