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McDermott, Robert J.; Malo, Teri L.; Dodd, Virginia J.; Mayer, Alyssa B. – Health Educator, 2013
The objective of this study was to examine attributes assigned by university undergraduates to 12 contraception options, determine if dimensions used to evaluate options differed for women and men, and assess whether these dimensions have changed over time. This study was cross-sectional and involved a written survey. The sample (N = 792) was…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Performance Factors, Contraception, Gender Differences
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Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Collins, Clarin – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
The SAS Educational Value-Added Assessment System (SAS[R] EVAAS[R]) is the most widely used value-added system in the country. It is also self-proclaimed as "the most robust and reliable" system available, with its greatest benefit to help educators improve their teaching practices. This study critically examined the effects of SAS[R] EVAAS[R] as…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Private Schools, Program Effectiveness
Blakey, Sherry L.; Arkin, Robert M. – 1977
The influence of empathy on observers' attributions for an outcome achieved by an actor was examined as well as self-presentational strategies when observers either expected to assume the actor's role later (Role-Playing). On videotape, observer-subjects (N=160) watched an actor succeed or fail at an interpersonal influence task, after being given…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Empathy, Evaluation Methods