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Pence, Barbara J. – 1995
In an effort to examine the impact of the changes being made at San Jose State University (California) in the calculus curriculum, multiple measures were collected and analyzed. This study focuses on the relationship between performance on a pretest and the class grade. Through written responses on the pretest, a belief and knowledge profile for…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Calculus, Cognitive Structures, College Students

Edwards, Kari; Hippel, William von – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
In two experiments, affect-based and cognition-based attitudes toward a person were induced by varying sequence of affective and cognitive information presented to subjects while holding content constant. Results indicated affect-based attitudes were most effectively changed by affective persuasive appeals, whether these appeals were produced by…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Attitudes, Beliefs