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Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth – South African Journal of Education, 2014
Factors that contribute to resilience are key to the positive development of youths, and knowledge of such factors is essential for promoting resilience in schools through both policy and practice. This study reports on the results of an item and factor analysis of the Resilience Questionnaire for Middle-adolescents in Township Schools (R-MATS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Questionnaires, Adolescent Development
Yukselturk, Erman; Ozekes, Serhat; Turel, Yalin Kilic – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2014
This study examined the prediction of dropouts through data mining approaches in an online program. The subject of the study was selected from a total of 189 students who registered to the online Information Technologies Certificate Program in 2007-2009. The data was collected through online questionnaires (Demographic Survey, Online Technologies…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Dropout Characteristics, Prediction
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Bollok, Sandor; Takacs, Johanna; Kalmar, Zsuzsanna; Dobay, Beata – Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2011
Study aim: To determine and evaluate the spectrum of sport motivation of young adults. Material and methods: A group of 600 subjects, aged 17-19 years, participated in the study. An "ad hoc" questionnaire was applied to assess the 4 motivational factors: competition and success-oriented motivation, external accommodation, physical…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Motivation, Competition, Young Adults
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Mittendorff, Kariene; Beijaard, Douwe; den Brok, Perry; Koopman, Maaike – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
In this article, we examine the relationship between different career guidance styles of vocational education teachers and vocational education students' career competencies (i.e. career reflection, career exploration and networking). Questionnaires on students' perceptions of the career guidance of their teachers during career conversations, and…
Descriptors: Profiles, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Vocational Education
Wong, Lily Yee-Sheung – 1989
Causal attribution has been found to have a great effect on future performance. Causal attributions were studied across two academic subjects and two outcomes using an open-ended measure. All 180 ninth-graders in a girls' high school in the Bay Area of San Francisco (California) stated their best and worst subjects and provided their perceived…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Causal Models
Lefcourt, Herbert M.; And Others – 1978
The development and validation of the Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scales (MMCS) are described. The scales are distinctive because they measure locus of control specific to two goals--achievement and affiliation. Half of the items concern success, and half concern failure experiences. Results of four validity studies with under…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affiliation Need, Attribution Theory, Females
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1977
Data obtained from thousands of respondents to the Base-Year Student Questionnaire and First Followup Questionnaire of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 were used to investigate self-esteem, locus of control, and work-, community-, and family-related life goals, and to generate profile means and standard deviations…
Descriptors: Ability, Career Development, Demography, Educational Development