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Frye, Julie Marie – School Library Research, 2018
Many studies have analyzed the occupational socialization of public school educators, including principals and school teachers; however, very few studies have documented or synthesized the experience of novice school librarians. This study contributes to the understanding of novice school librarians' professional identities by analyzing their…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Work Environment, Personal Narratives
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Jaeger, Mads Meier – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
This article analyzes the effect of interviewers' physical attractiveness on cooperation rates in face-to-face interviews and survey responses (self-reports on physical appearance, weight, and health). This article includes four aspects of physical attractiveness (facial attractiveness, voice attractiveness, body mass index [BMI], and height) and…
Descriptors: Researchers, Individual Characteristics, Aesthetics, Cooperation
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Platas, Linda M. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The Mathematical Development Beliefs Survey was developed to measure early childhood teachers' beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning in the preschool classroom. This instrument was designed to measure beliefs concerning (a) age-appropriateness of mathematics instruction, (b) classroom locus of generation of mathematical knowledge…
Descriptors: Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Stroessner, Steven J.; Beckerman, Laurie Susser; Whittaker, Alexis – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Reacting to the Past is a pedagogy involving collaborative role playing in history-based games over a semester. This article presents results from a systematic assessment of this novel pedagogy conducted in 3 phases following student focus group interviews. Interviews indicated that the method was generally popular compared with traditional…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills
Littlejohn, Andrew – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2008
Teachers' informal discussions of learner motivation often emphasize the need to find ways to motivate learners, most usually through "fun" or "dynamic" activities. This paper starts from the assumption, however, that part of the work of the teacher is to avoid the "demotivation" of learners, and that there is a need to consider the overall…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation, Self Esteem
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Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M.; Piquero, Alex R.; Jennings, Wesley G.; Bird, Hector; Canino, Glorisa – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2009
This study examined the trajectories of delinquency among Puerto Rican children and adolescents in two cultural contexts. Relying on data from the Boricua Youth Study, a longitudinal study of children and youth from Bronx, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, a group-based trajectory procedure estimated the number of delinquency trajectories,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Colletta, Nancy Donohue; And Others – Adolescence, 1981
Measured Black adolescent mothers' coping responses, variables related to their choice of responses, and the relationship between coping responses and emotional stress. Asking others for assistance was the major coping response. Extent of self-esteem, support systems, and emotional stress influenced the type of response. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Coping, Emotional Response
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Jacobson, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
Children were interviewed in two studies to compare the attribution patterns of those with and without learning problems. Normally achieving children in both studies followed the expected pattern of attributing success more internally and failure more externally. Learning disabled children did not follow the expected pattern for failure.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Interviews
Colletta, Nancy Donohue; And Others – 1980
This study investigates variations in the amount, source, and kind of support available to adolescent mothers with differing needs (those in both a comprehensive program for teenage mothers and in high school, those in high school only, and high school dropouts), and the effectiveness of this support. The total sample was composed of 64 black…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Black Youth, Community Services
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Bonner, Fred A., II – Gifted Child Today, 2005
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the factors that lead to success in transitions of giftedness among a middle school student cohort. As part of the Yale University (PACE Center) Transitions in the Development of Giftedness evaluation plan, qualitative data were collected via a semistructured interview protocol. A total of 63…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Success, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
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Belle, Deborah; Burr, Robin – Child Study Journal, 1991
Investigated the concerns that lead children to confide in others or refrain from doing so. Subjects were 8, 10, and 13 year olds. Results indicated that the children who more frequently confided in others and the children with more internal locus of control described more potential costs and benefits of confiding than did children who rarely…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Characterization, Children, Fathers
Morgan, Alistair R. – 1986
Changes in a group of students' conception of learning over 6 years of part-time study were investigated at Great Britain's Open University. The direct exploration of students' experiences of learning involved a qualitative and phenomenological research paradigm. Learning was described in the context of the natural setting based on the learner's…
Descriptors: College Students, Competence, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Frederick, K.; Barlow, J. – Health Education Research, 2006
The Government White Paper "Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation" (1999) provides a clear indication that accidents are a serious public health problem and have been targeted by the Department of Health as a key area for prevention over the next 10 years. School-based injury prevention programmes have been identified as one of the key…
Descriptors: Accidents, Locus of Control, Health Education, Citizenship
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Hassinger, Mark; Plourde, Lee A. – Education, 2005
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine characteristics of academically successful Hispanic students. Despite repeated failures and early academic difficulties, some Hispanic students continue to fight through their adversity. Some children have a positive attitude toward school although there are monumental barriers for these at-risk…
Descriptors: High Achievement, High Risk Students, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes