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Bailey, Andrew W.; Kang, Hyoung-Kil – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2015
Wilderness orientation programs (WOPs) are becoming a popular method of encouraging college student retention and success. Previous studies have identified outcomes and correlates of participation in these programs, but a cohesive model of impact is lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of WOPs on first-year student success…
Descriptors: College Students, Adventure Education, School Orientation, College Freshmen
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Opfer, V. Darleen; Pedder, David J.; Lavicza, Zsolt – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
This article presents a theoretical argument for assuming that schools have an orientation to learning that influences both whether teachers learn and also whether they change professionally as a result of the learning. This school-level orientation to learning is hypothesized to consist of beliefs and practices about learning. Results from a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, School Orientation, Teacher Surveys, Path Analysis