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Direct linkTaylor, Kari B.; Baker, Amanda R. – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
Scholars and practitioners alike often assume that discomfort is a necessary and productive aspect of the college experience. We used a range of theories grounded in the concept of dissonance to question these assumptions and critically analyze the role of discomfort in collegiate learning and development for today's diverse college student…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Development, Psychological Patterns, Role
Peer reviewedMagolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Journal of College Student Development, 1989
In a study of 151 college freshmen of both sexes, cognitive complexity and learning orientation revealed gender-related qualitative differences within parallel cognitive structures. Different cognitive structures were accompanied by different learning orientations. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedBaxter Magolda, Marcia B. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Describes how complex thinking evolves during the 20s based on a longitudinal study with 39 men and women age 18 to 30. Themes that characterize this epistemological and intrapersonal growth are translated to implications for student affairs. (Contains 22 references.) (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Epistemology, Individual Development, Learning Processes
Cruce, Ty M.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
This study estimated separately the unique effects of three dimensions of good practice and the global effects of a composite measure of good practices on the cognitive development, orientations to learning, and educational aspirations of students during their first year of college. Analyses of longitudinal data from a representative sample of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Academic Aspiration, Orientation, College Freshmen
