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Direct linkRobertson, Jane; Terblanche, Nicky; Le Sueur, Heidi – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2021
Insights into the learning environment are required especially when applying action learning commonly used in management development programmes (MDPs). The study reports on an emerging action learning conceptual framework that fosters an environment for individual transformative learning in an MDP. The purpose of this research was to make clear…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Problem Solving, Management Development, Transformative Learning
Gallagher, Matthew W., Ed.; Lopez, Shane J., Ed. – APA Books, 2019
This book is a primer for practitioners and researchers striving to incorporate the assessment of human strengths, resources, and fulfillment into their work. Contributors examine the scientific underpinnings and practical applications of measures of hope, optimism, self-efficacy, problem-solving, locus of control, creativity, wisdom, courage,…
Descriptors: Psychology, Evaluation Methods, Psychological Patterns, Self Efficacy
Peer reviewedFrankel, Arthur; Snyder, Melvin L. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: College Students, Egocentrism, Locus of Control, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedTellado, George S. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Sixty-six seventh, eighth, and ninth graders were selected by guidance counselors to participate in a problem-solving skills training program. Students receiving training demonstrated better problem-solving skills and a higher level of self-esteem than control group students. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Evaluation Utilization, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedTyler, Doris Kennedy; Vasu, Ellen Storey – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Examines the effects of using LOGO, or problem-solving- oriented simulation software on locus of control, self-esteem, and achievement motivation for fifth-grade students. The importance of these variables in predicting LOGO mastery and far-transfer problem-solving ability was also examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Simulation, Elementary Education, Grade 5
Peer reviewedHoutz, John C.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Seventy-two Black and Hispanic fourth through sixth graders completed a variety of problem-solving tasks emphasizing skills of preparation, production, and judgment. With reading achievement controlled within the sample, results suggest that these three sets of skills involve evaluative activity and that locus of control and self-esteem are…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Black Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedHoutz, John C. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
Eighty gifted children were administered divergent thinking and problem-solving tasks, as well as measures of tolerance for ambiguity, locus of control, and self-esteem. The four comparison groups varied in intelligence quotient and ideational fluency. Results emphasized the consistency among cognitive and affective dimensions of divergent or…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Divergent Thinking
Download full textResearch for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1987
To improve the responsiveness of educational programs to the needs of low achieving, at risk students, Research for Better Schools (RBS) has developed an assessment procedure. This document is the portion of that procedure that addresses the involvement of students in their learning, or how low achieving students cognitively operate on content.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Coping, Cultural Differences
Perez, Ruperto M.; And Others – 1994
The study investigated the following: (1) the relationship of problem solving appraisal to narcissistic vulnerability, locus of control, and depression; (2) the differences in problem solving appraisal, locus of control, and depression in first-time and repeat offenders; and (3) the prediction of problem solving appraisal by narcissistic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Bhawuk, D. P. S.; Udas, Arjun K. – 1991
A biographical and psychological survey of Nepali entrepreneurs was carried out with five objectives: develop a Biographical Information Bank, develop organizational profiles, determine the locus of control, determine whether entrepreneurs are individualistic or collective, and determine the entrepreneurs' profile along the 13 entrepreneurship…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Biographical Inventories, Business Administration, Demography
