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Kaya, Sibel; Yuksel, Dogan; Curle, Samantha – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Mindsets are based on two basic assumptions: some people think that their intellectual abilities can be developed through hard work and instruction (i.e., a growth mindset), whereas others believe that nothing can change their level of intellectual ability (i.e., a fixed mindset). The association between mindsets and academic…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Uslu, Baris; Welch, Anthony – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This research examines the intellectual leadership behaviours of senior academics at professoriate level, and the influences of institutional support practices, climate and communication in universities as main organizational features on these behaviours. To explore relations among research variables, qualitative data were collected by interviews…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Teacher Behavior, College Faculty, Teacher Surveys
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Bista, Krishna – Journal of International Students, 2015
The author examines whether gains of learning of Asian students are the same or different if they are from (a) East Asia, (b) South and Central Asia, or (c) Southeast Asia at undergraduate and graduate levels. Results indicated that East Asian students' gains of learning in personal development, science and development, general education,…
Descriptors: Asians, Nationalism, Foreign Students, Cultural Influences
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Sutherland, Peter – Educational Studies, 1983
Among a cross-sectional sample of pupils of both sexes in Britain evidence showed accelerations in intellectual development at 7 and 16 years of age. Acceleration at the younger age is a new finding. Age, verbal IQ, teacher's estimate, and social class were all significant predictors of intellectual development. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Church, A. Timothy; Katigbak, Marcia S. – Intelligence, 1991
Relationships among home environment, nutritional status, maternal intelligence, and intellectual development were investigated for 177 5- and 6-year-old children in the Philippines using culture-relevant scales. Results support the generalizability to the Philippine cultural setting of relationships among these factors found in American settings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits, Culture Fair Tests