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Lee, Woon Jee – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of students' mapping and discourse behaviors while constructing causal maps to articulate their understanding of a complex, ill-structured problem. In this study, six graduate-level students were assigned to one of three pair groups, and each pair used the causal mapping software program,…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Graduate Students, Maps, Computer Uses in Education
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Snavely, William B.; Walters, Ellen V. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1983
Assessed coworkers' perceptions of public school superintendents' behavior related to social style (assertiveness, responsiveness, versatility) and interpersonal communication competence (empathy, social anxiety, listening, self-disclosure, flexibility). Found that superintendents with highly responsive styles were perceived as more competent than…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Differences
RAND Corporation, 2007
Many adolescents experiment with marijuana; the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 46% of high school seniors have tried this drug at some time. Pushing boundaries is what young people do, and some researchers believe that trying marijuana is a normal part of growing up. RAND Corporation researchers have revisited Shedler and Block's…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Marijuana, Adolescents, Drug Use