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Robb, Elizabeth; Voorhees, Terry Tuvi – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2023
Colleges are currently involved in an epic struggle to keep students enrolled. One reason for student attrition involves non-academic issues such as executive functioning. In the present study, we investigated how journaling helped influence paradigm shifts in students' thinking regarding a growth mindset towards their educational performance. We…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Community College Students, Journal Writing
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Halkovic, Alexis – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This article identifies college as the logical space for the articulation of civil rights through the complete integration of students with incarceration histories into the intellectual and social fabric of the institution. Academic institutions provide a fertile ground where possibilities for personal and social change are realized, networks are…
Descriptors: Interviews, Action Research, Participatory Research, Focus Groups
Flamer, Eric, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Establishing college-degree programs for prison inmates is an evidence-based effective instructional strategy in reducing recidivism. Evaluating academic arenas as a resource to improve behavior and levels of functioning within correctional facilities is a necessary component of inmate academic programs. The purpose of this quantitative,…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Higher Education, Recidivism
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Dillard, Jerry W.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1985
Evaluated demographic and developmental differences in case studies of disturbed children (N=58) who were treated with developmental therapy. Results indicated children differed in age, intelligence, and mother's employment status. Although all children progressed in behavior, communication, socialization, and academics, no difference was found in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Children
Waimon, Morton D.; And Others – 1979
It was hypothesized that a structured analysis of pupil outcomes will improve the attitudes and performance of prospective teachers. This procedure, known as Product Analysis, is a self-regulation technique based on the assumption that teachers who are able to monitor the effects of their teaching behavior on student achievement will alter that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Competency Based Teacher Education, Feedback
Hosford, Ray E.; Briskin, Alan S. – Rev Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Bibliographies, College Students
Quigley, Patrick A.; Newell, John M. – 1973
The purposes of this study were to: (1) produce self-control of academic behavior in a ninth-grade typing and an eleventh grade accounting class by providing continuous self-generated feedback through various devices; (2) to assess the relative merits of each device; and (3) to study those factors accounting for behavior change under…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Feedback
Fedje, Laurie; Scoggins, Joyce – 1994
Teachers at a small rural elementary school developed a curriculum to help children acquire life coping skills. Children learn responsible behavior and gain independence through discussion of "Heart" concepts, problem-solving, and drawing and writing assignments. "Heart" concepts are taught on a daily basis in the special…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Coping
Kohlberg, Lawrence – 1971
This address starts by explaining the educational philosphy of John Dewey. In this context, the central aims of education are cognitive and moral development. In a pluralistic society, the teaching of morals poses a grave problem and gives rise to a belief in moral and ethical relativity. This address proceeds to show what is wrong with ethical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes
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Schrank, Frederick A.; Engels, Dennis W. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1981
Reviews research relating to various aspects of bibliotherapy, including academic achievement, assertiveness, attitude change, behavioral change, fear reduction, helper effectiveness, marital accord, self-development, and therapeutic gains. Discusses implications for using bibliotherapy as an adjunct to counseling. (RC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assertiveness, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Sullivan, Howard J. – 1968
Evaluation techniques were designed to improve learner performance through use of pre-specified popular instructional objectives. Current curriculum planning and evaluation practices are examined. Two common evaluation malpractices are: (1) the tendency to treat the content of the program as the most important criterion for evaluation, (2) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Classification
Hamblin, Robert L.; Buckholdt, David – 1967
Program descriptions are introduced by theories of the reasons for the apparent low IQ of many black ghetto children. The theories are the genetic, the stimulus deprivation, the expectation, and the learning-exchange theory. Five experiments with ghetto underachievers are described. The first was designed to use token exchange in a remedial class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Black Students
Ayllon, Teodoro; And Others – Research and Development Report, 1971
The Atlanta Public School System conducted four major programs during the summer of 1971. These were Youth-Tutoring-Youth, Community Schools, Handicapped Children, and Prekindergarten Instruction. Evaluation of the Prekindergarten (Pre-K) project was contracted to the Laboratory for Applied Behavior Research at Georgia State University. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis