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Direct linkYanrou Wen; Jiabei Lin; Yue Ming; Junpeng Zhang; Xianqiu Wu; Lei Bao; Keke Yu; Yang Xiao – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Misconceptions coexisting with scientific understanding pose significant challenges in physics education. Inhibitory control may enable individuals to overcome interference from misconceptions. However, discerning the role of inhibitory control becomes intricate when the saliency of scientific- and misconception-related features varies in a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Motion
Download full textKiera Anderson; Matthew T. Marino – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2024
The number of students with disabilities (SWD) enrolling in postsecondary education continues to increase, yet degree completion rates continue to fall behind compared to peers without disabilities. There is an obvious need to investigate interventions to support postsecondary success so SWD can reap the benefits of a college education. Empirical…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Coaching (Performance), College Students, Grade Point Average
Lagacé-Leblanc, Jeanne; Massé, Line; Rousseau, Nadia – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2022
Few qualitative studies have focused on the experiences of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) pursuing postsecondary education, and in particular, how their academic difficulties manifest themselves. This study provides a better understanding of how ADHD affects students in their studies. In-depth interviews were…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Emotional Response
Wallace, Alannah; Hoskyn, Maureen – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The aim of the study is to design and evaluate the Strategy Awareness and Use Questionnaire to estimate students' awareness and use of strategies that optimize control of attention and/or compensate for stress on an executive system due to environmental and/or neurobiological influences. Participants: One hundred and forty-eight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Executive Function, College Students
Strait, Julia Englund; Strait, Gerald Gill; McClain, Maryellen Brunson; Casillas, Laurel; Streich, Kristin; Harper, Kristina; Gomez, Jocelyn – Teaching of Psychology, 2020
This preliminary randomized controlled experiment evaluated the effects of a single classroom mindfulness educational session, versus an active contact control activity (study skills review), on college students' mindfulness meditation frequency and self-reported stress, anxiety, and self-regulation. Those in the intervention group reported…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Study Skills
Bolden, Jennifer; Gilmore-Kern, Jenna E.; Fillauer, Jonathan P. – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: The present study examined whether executive functions (EFs) and sleep problems operate together to predict four attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom domains. Methods: A sample of 306 college students completed ratings of sleep quality, EFs, and ADHD symptoms from January to December 2014. Simultaneous multiple…
Descriptors: Sleep, Executive Function, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Self Control
Emmers, Elke; Jansen, Dorien; Petry, Katja; van der Oord, Saskia; Baeyens, Dieter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Due to an increasing number of students with ADHD in higher education and the difficult course of their academic career, a comprehensive overview of participation and functioning of this group is needed. A comprehensive search was performed in MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, CINAHL and ERIC electronic databases in June 2014. This systematic literature…
Descriptors: College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Literature Reviews, Student Characteristics
D'Alessio, Kathleen A.; Banerjee, Manju – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
An innovative approach to academic advising is being proposed as an intervention for college students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This is a student-centered developmental approach that includes specific elements of coaching, such as open-ended questioning, creating a safe space for students with challenges in…
Descriptors: College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Academic Advising, Intervention
Marshall, Seth – College Student Journal, 2016
More research is needed that investigates how positive psychology-associated traits are predicted by neurocognitive processes. Correspondingly, the purpose of this study was to ascertain how, and to what extent, four traits, namely, grit, optimism, positive affect, and life satisfaction were predicted by the executive functioning (EF) dimensions…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Students, Psychology, Personality Traits
Field, Sharon; Parker, David R.; Sawilowsky, Shlomo; Rolands, Laura – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
The effects of coaching on learning and study skills, self-regulation, and subjective well-being of students with ADHD attending 2- and 4-year colleges or universities was examined. Students were randomly assigned to participate in coaching or comparison groups. Coaching students received weekly phone-based coaching sessions and additional…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Coaching (Performance), College Students, Self Control
Taatgen, Niels A. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2011
The minimal control principle (Taatgen, 2007) predicts that people strive for problem-solving strategies that require as few internal control states as possible. In an experiment with the Abstract Decision Making task (ADM task; Joslyn & Hunt, 1998) the reward structure was manipulated to make either a low-control strategy or a high-strategy…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Learning Strategies
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
