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Samura, Michelle – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2018
Although educational research indicates that undergraduate student participation in research, fieldwork, and/or community engagement has great value, there remains a dearth of information on student outcomes from participation in these activities. Drawing on high-impact educational practices as the conceptual framework, this article examines…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Community Involvement, Capstone Experiences
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Rosebrook, Vicki – Childhood Education, 2007
Intergenerational programs unite people of different ages and provide opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to enjoy and benefit from the richness of a culturally and generationally diverse society that encompasses the needs and interests of the individuals involved. Reflecting on the numbers of young children and senior adults…
Descriptors: Social Development, Preschool Children, Intergenerational Programs, Research Projects
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Goldberg, Richard T. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1974
An invisible disability with severe physical limitations has less deleterious effects upon social adjustment than does a visible disability without physical limitations. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Development, Physical Disabilities
Nakamura, Charles Y. – 1973
This report presents the rationale, methods, and results of research that was planned to develop a way of identifying relatively effective children. The report contains the conceptual bases and development of the Hypothetical Situation Questionnaire (HSQ) as the means for distinguishing effective children. The HSQ contains three subscales that…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Individual Development, Orientation
Bond, Lloyd; And Others – 1974
This study provides evidence for the validity of the Social Adequacy subscales of the Psychosocial Maturity Inventory: Social Commitment, Tolerance, and Openness to Change. A group of students who invested substantial time and energy in social action projects directed toward helping others was compared with a randomly chosen control group. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence, Maturation
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Genther, Robert W.; Falkenberg, Virginia – Small Group Behavior, 1977
Investigates whether interpersonal skills training raises the level of facilitativeness of the trainers. Results are positive. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Graduate Students, Individual Development, Interpersonal Competence
Lokan, Janice J.; Boss, Marvin W. – 1977
Super's self concept theory of vocational development has been criticized for its lack of attention to individual difference variables, particularly with regard to explaining why appropriate vocational behaviours are attained more readily by some individuals than by others. Partial explanation is provided here for the relationshp between locus of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Career Exploration, Decision Making Skills
National Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD. – 1981
Research programs of the human learning and behavior branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) are described in five sections of this document. The specific programs conducted in the areas of learning and cognitive development, development of communicative abilities, biological bases of behavioral development,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior, Behavior Development
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, 2007
The mission of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS) is to advance the conduct of high-quality interdisciplinary research to promote the intellectual, behavioral, and social-emotional development and functioning of individuals across educational, familial, and community contexts. Central to this is…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Educational Change, Interdisciplinary Approach, Annual Reports