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Thomas, Christopher L.; Hayes, Amy Roberson – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
One of the primary goals of higher education is to enhance students' critical thinking skills as they work to complete their program of study. As such, it is for critical educators and academic program coordinators to have access to assessment tools that can provide accurate estimates of the cognitive and dispositional domains of higher-order…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Construct Validity, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Measurement
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Martin, Nadia; Hughes, Jeffrey; Fugelsang, Jonathan – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
We examine the joint effects of gender and experience on statistical reasoning. Participants with various levels of experience in statistics completed the Statistical Reasoning Assessment (Garfield, 2003), along with individual difference measures assessing cognitive ability and thinking dispositions. Although the performance of both genders…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Experience, Statistical Analysis, Logical Thinking
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van Rooij, Els C. M.; Jansen, Ellen P. W. A.; van de Grift, Wim J. C. M. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
Academic self-efficacy is a crucial predictor of first-year university study success, which makes it a key intended outcome of pre-university education. Students with high academic self-efficacy at the end of secondary education likely experience a better transition to university. This study aimed to investigate which factors relate to Dutch…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, College Students, Personality Traits
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Chen, Chuansheng; Himsel, Amy; Kasof, Joseph; Greenberger, Ellen; Dmitrieva, Julia – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2006
This study investigated correlates of domain-general and domain-specific components of creativity. 158 college students completed a questionnaire that assessed their motivational and personality traits (i.e., intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, creative personality, and originality in word association) as well as intellectual abilities (SAT verbal…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, Structural Equation Models, Incentives