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The Effect of Math SAT on Women's Chemistry Competency Beliefs
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Vincent-Ruz, Paulette; Binning, Kevin; Schunn, Christian D.; Grabowski, Joe – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
In chemistry, lack of academic preparation and math ability have been offered as explanations as to why women seem to enroll, perform, and graduate at lower levels than men. In this paper, we explore the alternative possibility that the gender gap in chemistry instead originates from differential gender effects of academic factors on students'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Females, Chemistry, Sciences
Teaching Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) to Speech-Language Therapy Students: Are Students Competent and Confident EBP Users?
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Spek, B.; Wieringa-de Waard, M.; Lucas, C.; van Dijk, N. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: The importance and value of the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) in the decision-making process is recognized by speech-language therapists (SLTs) worldwide and as a result curricula for speech-language therapy students incorporated EBP principles. However, the willingness actually to use EBP principles in their future…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Occupations Education, Evidence, Competence
The Principalship: Essential Core Competencies for Instructional Leadership and Its Impact on School Climate
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Ross, Dorrell J.; Cozzens, Jeffry A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of principals' leadership behaviors influencing the schools' climate according to Green's (2010) ideologies of the 13 core competencies within the four dimensions of principal leadership. Data from the "Leadership Behavior Inventory" (Green, 2014) suggest 314…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership
The Advisor and Instructor as a Dynamic Duo: Academic Motivation and Basic Psychological Needs
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Burt, Tracie D.; Young-Jones, Adena D.; Yadon, Carly A.; Carr, Michael T. – NACADA Journal, 2013
Students learn in and out of a formal classroom, and instructors and academic advisors play key roles in academic motivation and learning. Therefore, through the lens of self-determination theory, we examined the ways perceived support from instructors and advisors relates to satisfaction of college students' basic psychological needs. Advisor and…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Student Needs
Academic Intrinsic Motivation in Elementary and Junior High School Students.
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Gottfried, Adele Eskeles – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Results of three studies are presented that demonstrate the significance of academic intrinsic motivation for children's education. As predicted, academic intrinsic motivation was found to be significantly and positively correlated with children's school achievement and perceptions of academic competency, and negatively correlated with academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance
Predicting Academic Success for Disabled Students in Higher Education.
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Wiseman, Richard L.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1988
A questionnaire assessing the campus' social climate, the quality of its programs and instruction, and the students' academic and career expectations was administered to 100 disabled students. Analyses of the data revealed that the disabled students' motivation was significantly related to their level of social alienation. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Competence