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Karen Browne – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A dissertation is presented on a teaching program for emotional intelligence (EI) and empathy with a cohort of nursing students enrolled in a traditional, undergraduate nursing college in the Northeast region of the United States (US). An interactive teaching program was used with various media to present new material and learning activities…
Descriptors: Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Nursing Education, Comparative Analysis
Hess, Richard M. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the utilization of learning analytics data produced by a learning management system as an indicator of learners' self-regulation. In the Spring of 2021, 258 learners at a four-year, mid-Atlantic university provided access to their learning management system data. Of those 258 learners, 86…
Descriptors: Self Control, Integrated Learning Systems, Learning Analytics, Undergraduate Students
North, Sarah Ferrese – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Despite rapid growth in online enrollment within higher education, persistence and completion rates remain lower for online courses than face-to-face courses. This discrepancy between the two modalities indicates a need to better understand students' self-regulated learning (SRL) within online learning environments. Students with higher SRL skills…
Descriptors: Self Control, Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning, Learning Strategies
Lin, Wan-Chun – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Criminal spin theory developed by Ronel intends to provide a more comprehensive explanation of criminal behavior. It includes wide-ranging factors that impact human behavior at an individual, group, and cultural level. According to criminal spin theory, an event or a set of events can impact human emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. With the…
Descriptors: College Students, Crime, Behavior Theories, Student Surveys
Cleland, Nicole R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The community college (CCcc) setting has become increasingly important in education; yet, graduation rates are low (20%) compared 4-year colleges (69%). Researchers have focused on factors that predict college students' retention and graduation. Measures of students' academic, social, and personal-emotional adjustment to colleges have been found…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Nontraditional Students, Student Adjustment
Renegar, Kirk Whitfield – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The use of alternative classroom seating has recently become a topic of interest in education. Many teachers have redesigned their classrooms to include many forms of classroom seating aside from traditional student desks. These forms of seating include but are not limited to: therapy balls, therapy cushions, and beanbag chairs. While this…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Middle School Students
Cosentino, Cassandra L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effect of a self-regulation treatment on sixth grade students' reading comprehension, motivation for learning, and self-efficacy perceptions. The research took place in three urban schools in the northeast United States in the winter of 2016. The study's quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Self Control, Grade 6, Reading Comprehension
Godfrey, Kathryn M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Rationale: Binge eating puts individuals at risk for dropout of weight loss treatments and weight regain after treatment. However, treatments for binge eating have not been successful at influencing weight. To improve obesity treatment, research needs to examine binge eating with new theoretical approaches, interdisciplinary paradigms that span…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Body Weight, At Risk Persons, Intervention
Long, Janna B. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies and student academic performance. Academic performance was measured by final grade (out of 100 points) in courses that were part of the study, and self-regulated learning strategies were assessed by the Motivated Strategies for Learning…
Descriptors: Self Control, Self Management, Academic Achievement, Blended Learning
Gillespie, Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Low pass rates on the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses have directed nursing faculty to examine how to predict the readiness of the nursing student. Exit exam testing that predicts readiness has become one way to assess the nursing student's readiness. Nursing students at the research site's school of nursing are…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Student Behavior, Self Control, Scores
Adams, Brittany Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the impact of an equine-facilitated authentic leadership development program on at-risk youth. Participants were asked to participate in two focus groups and a 3-day equine-facilitated authentic leadership development program based on Bill George's Model of Authentic Leadership. Participants were…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, At Risk Persons, Focus Groups, Questionnaires
Allen, Tyrone J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Low performance of African American male students in high school math is an ongoing concern of Maryland's public schools. Because disproportionately large numbers of African American male students enroll in Algebra 2 in Grade 11, the use of early academic counseling to promote enrollment in Algebra 2 in Grade 9 and to increase self-regulation may…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Mathematics
Carpenter, Jane H. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The two purposes of this study were to determine whether locus of control (LOC) was predictive of how a student would perform on the ATI Comprehensive Predictor Exam and the NCLEX-RN, and if the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) provided information that would help determine predictors of success on these two exams. The study…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Predictor Variables, Questionnaires
Napora, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explored the potential of classroom-based meditation practice as a tool to facilitate learning. Moreover, the impact of meditation on cognitive engagement, mindfulness and academic performance of undergraduate college students was investigated. Additionally, the relationships between mindfulness and cognitive engagement, and between…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Grade Point Average
Barket, Ann-Terese – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A growing interest among educators, families, and students to personalize education and nurture the development of whole child has led to a new movement in elementary education: integral education. This qualitative study reported on the work of one school in that movement, the Integral Elementary School in La Jolla, California, to illuminate what…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Metacognition, Case Studies, Interviews
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