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General Chemistry Students' Goals for Chemistry Laboratory Coursework
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DeKorver, Brittland K.; Towns, Marcy H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Little research exists on college students' learning goals in chemistry, let alone specifically pertaining to laboratory coursework. Because students' learning goals are linked to achievement and dependent on context, research on students' goals in the laboratory context may lead to better understanding about the efficacy of lab curricula. This…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods
Mastering Social and Organization Goals: Strategy Use by Two Children with Asperger Syndrome during Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance
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Rodger, Sylvia; Vishram, Alysha – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
Preliminary data supports the effectiveness of Cognitive Orientation to (daily) Occupational Performance (CO-OP) for children with Asperger syndrome (AS). Children with AS often experience social and organizational difficulties spanning daily occupations. This case study explored the pattern of Global Strategies and Domain-Specific Strategies…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Time on Task, Guidance, Children
Attributional (Explanatory) Thinking about Failure in New Achievement Settings
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Perry, Raymond P.; Stupnisky, Robert H.; Daniels, Lia M.; Haynes, Tara L. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
Attributional (explanatory) thinking involves the appraisal of factors that contribute to performance and is instrumental to motivation and goal striving. Little is understood, however, concerning attributional thinking when multiple causes are involved in the transition to new achievement settings. Our study examined such complex attributional…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Grade Point Average, Multivariate Analysis, Goal Orientation
Learning Orientation and Goal Orientation Context: Relationships with Cognitive and Affective Learning Outcomes
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Martocchio, Joseph J.; Hertenstein, Edward J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2003
A field experiment of ninety-six employees tested a model of the relationships among dispositional learning orientation, self-efficacy, goal orientation context, and declarative knowledge. Specifically, the model predicted positive influences of task-specific self-efficacy (pre- and mid-training) and declarative knowledge in the relationship…
Descriptors: Models, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Employees
Affective Learning in Online Multimedia and Lecture Versions of an Introductory Computing Course
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Moneta, Giovanni B.; Kekkonen-Moneta, Synnove S. – Educational Psychology, 2007
This study evaluated students' affective learning in an introductory computing course that was taught in Hong Kong once in a lecture format and twice in a rich interactive multimedia online format to 414 college students in all. A simplified experience sampling method was used to assess affective learning at the midterm and end of each course in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Academic Ability, Self Efficacy
Some Psychological Bases, & Aspects of Outward Bound.
Richards, Garry E. – 1976
Australian Outward Bound participants almost universally report their experience in the course as being significant in their lives. The relevance of Outward Bound to the normal progress of life enables it to make significant contributions to society and man's future. An Outward Bound course is designed to encourage students to take responsibility…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Adventure Education, Affective Behavior