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Bacchini, Dario; De Angelis, Grazia; Affuso, Gaetana; Brugman, Daniel – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2016
This study aims to investigate the structure of self-serving cognitive distortions (CD), evaluating the psychometric properties of the How I Think Questionnaire in a sample of Italian adolescents. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the distinction between four categories of CD and the use of a single second-order dimension of CD. Reliability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Questionnaires, Test Validity
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Sana, Faria; Yan, Veronica X.; Kim, Joseph A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
The sequence in which problems of different concepts are studied during instruction impacts concept learning. For example, several problems of a given concept can be studied together (blocking) or several problems of different concepts can be studied together (interleaving). In the current study, we demonstrate that the 2 sequences impact concept…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Cognitive Structures, Short Term Memory, Mathematical Concepts
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Parry, Robert; Stuart-Hamilton, Ian – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Animism (erroneously believing inanimate objects are alive) is present in older adults (McDonald & Stuart-Hamilton, 2000). However, it is unclear if animism arises in later life or middle age. The current study tested 34 middle-aged adults (mean age 48 years) on Piaget's animism task and found a significant level of animism. Strength of…
Descriptors: Adults, Multiple Regression Analysis, Educational Gerontology, Beliefs
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Odaci, Hatice; Kalkan, Melek; Karasu, Pinar – International Journal of Special Education, 2009
The aim of this study is to examine the cognitive errors as predictor of quality of life of mainstreamed elementary students. Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual. The functional deficiencies, which occur due to physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional disorders, affect the quality of life of the individuals. In this…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Emotional Disturbances, Quality of Life, Correlation
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Alp, Elvan; Ertepinar, Hamide; Tekkaya, Ceren; Yilmaz, Ayhan – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
The aim of this study was three-fold: (1) to determine 6th, 8th and 10th grade students' environmental knowledge and attitudes in Turkey; (2) to investigate the effect of the grade level and gender on students' environmental knowledge and attitudes; (3) to explore how environmentally responsible behaviour is related to environmental knowledge,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Multiple Regression Analysis, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries
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Scheerder, Jeroen; Taks, Marijke; Vanreusel, Bart; Renson, Roland – Sport, Education and Society, 2005
Three issues are put forward with respect to the active participation of young people in leisure-time sports styles. It is considered (a) whether sports participation styles can be detected over the last three decades, (b) whether they have changed in this period of time, and (c) whether traditional parameters understood as structuring and…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Student Participation, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries