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Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; Cockriel, Irv – NASPA Journal, 1997
Focuses on 36 items in the ACT College Outcomes Survey to identify areas of personal and social gain where students perceived colleges to have the greatest impact. Results indicate that, for average impact, colleges exerted only a moderate influence. Students perceived the greatest effects of college to be on cognitive and intellectual growth.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students, Factor Structure
Peer reviewedSchommer, Marlene – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
An epistemological questionnaire assessing student beliefs about simple knowledge, certain knowledge, quick learning, and fixed ability to learn was administered to more than 1,000 high school students. Results demonstrate some epistemological development during high school and suggest that epistemological beliefs predict grade point average. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Educational Attitudes
