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Rinn, Anne N.; Boazman, Janette – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
The purposes of the current study were to evaluate a measure of academic dishonesty and examine high ability college students' loci of control and its effect on behaviors of academic dishonesty, as moderated by academic self-concept. A total of 357 high ability college students enrolled at two universities in the southwestern United States took…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Concept, Academic Ability, Cheating
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Wilson, Kenesha; Copeland-Solas, Eddia; Guthrie-Dixon, Natalie – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
Mind mapping was introduced as a culturally relevant pedagogy aimed at enhancing the teaching and learning experience in a general education, Environmental Science class for mostly Emirati English Language Learners (ELL). Anecdotal evidence suggests that the students are very artistic and visual and enjoy group-based activities. It was decided to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Semitic Languages, Misconceptions, Learner Engagement
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Castro-Villarreal, Felicia; Guerra, Norma; Sass, Daniel; Hseih, Pei-Hsuan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Theoretical models were tested using structural equation modeling to evaluate the interrelations among cognitive motivational variables and academic achievement using a sample of 128 predominately Hispanic pre-service teachers enrolled in two undergraduate educational psychology classes. Data were gathered using: (1) a quantitative questionnaire…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Hispanic Americans, Student Motivation, Cognitive Processes