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The Role of Cognitive and Affective Factors in Measures of L2 Writing
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Zabihi, Reza – Written Communication, 2018
This study investigates the direct and/or indirect effects of some cognitive (working memory capacity) and affective (writing anxiety and writing self-efficacy) variables on the complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) of second language (L2) learners' writings. To achieve this goal, 232 upper-intermediate English learners performed an automated…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Achievement, Writing Tests, Cognitive Ability
Developmental Readiness for Leadership: The Differential Effects of Leadership Courses on Creating "Ready, Willing, and Able" Leaders
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Keating, Kari; Rosch, David; Burgoon, Lisa – Journal of Leadership Education, 2014
The development of effective leadership capacity involves multiple factors including increasing students' leadership self-efficacy, motivation to lead, and leadership skills. This study of 165 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory leadership theory course explores the degree to which students report changes in these three areas of…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Career Readiness, Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy
A Model Education Program for Juvenile Detention Homes in the United States.
Duran, Paul C. – 1979
This model, developed to establish standards for effective detention home education, is based on results of a questionnaire sent to staff members of 45 youth homes in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin. The model covers seven aspects of youth home education: (1) purpose, (2) target persons, (3) personnel, (4) program, (5) procedures,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Objectives, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Objectives
Effectiveness of the Multiunit Elementary School's Instruction and Research Unit and Student Affective Behavior in IGE Schools. Technical Report No. 389. Report from the Project on Organization for Instruction and Administrative Arrangements.
Bocian, Barbara Helen – 1976
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of relationship between the effectiveness of the Instruction and Research Unit in the areas of instructional program (reading and mathematics), organizational operations (procedural and substantive), school-community relations, and staff development to several measures of student affective…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Faculty Development, Individualized Programs