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Download full textHechter, Frank J.; Torchia, Mark G. – 1996
This study, conducted at a major western Canadian university, examined the relation between the academic growth and development of dental students and perceived control, a personalogical variable; and academic and social institutional integration variables. Two questionnaires with an academic focus were administered to 67 students. The theoretical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Career Choice, Dental Students
Peer reviewedMatthews, Dona J.; Keating, Daniel P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
Studied diversity in high-level competence with 122 students identified as academically gifted, in grades 6-8. Results, which contradicted linear, single-scale models of intelligence, supported a three-factor solution: linguistic, logical-mathematical, and social. Specialization and generalization developed in tension with each other, yielding…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Behavior Development
