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Bornschlegl, Madeleine; Meldrum, Kathryn; Caltabiano, Nerina J. – Review of Education, 2020
Universities admit increasingly diverse student cohorts with varying academic entry standards. To address students' varying academic prerequisites, academic support services -- such as literacy and numeracy support -- are offered to ensure student success. However, students often do not engage. Aimed at mapping variables related to a student's…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Academic Support Services, Student Diversity, Age Differences
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Ryan, Ellen Bouchard; Jin, Young-Sun; Anas, Ann P. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2009
Young adults in Canada (N = 161) and South Korea (N = 165) rated either themselves or typical others at target ages 25, 45, and 65 years. In both countries, poorer memory was anticipated with each increase in age on all 3 memory belief factors: capacity, change, and locus. Both groups demonstrated a self-protective bias about age-related decline,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Older Adults, Age Differences, Memory
Khanna, Prabha; And Others – 1981
Research on the locus of control variable in recent years has been quite extensive; however, cross-cultural studies have been rather sparse in this area. Differences among adults from the United States (N=194) and India (N=376) on the locus of control variable as measured by Rotter's Internal-External scale were studied. Each sample included equal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences