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Blotenberg, Iris; Schmidt-Atzert, Lothar – Journal of Intelligence, 2019
The present study set out to explore the locus of the poorly understood but frequently reported and comparatively large practice effect in sustained attention tests. Drawing on a recently proposed process model of sustained attention tests, several cognitive tasks were administered twice in order to examine which specific component of test…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Tests, Models, Test Items
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Hartigan, Barbara F. – Childhood Education, 2017
Mindfulness in teacher education, and especially early childhood special education, offers new teachers self-help methodologies that can relieve their personal stress while passing along these same strategies to the special education students in their classrooms. This study explores a constructivist approach to learning mindfulness in teacher…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Perception, Attention Control, Preservice Teachers
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Kielty, Michele L.; Gilligan, Tammy D.; Staton, A. Renee – Childhood Education, 2017
With any intervention program, involving all stakeholders in a joint effort toward implementation is most likely to lead to success. Whole-school approaches that involve school personnel, students, families, and local communities have been associated with positive, sustained outcomes. For mindfulness training programs to generate the most…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Perception, Attention Control, Well Being
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Messer, David; Horan, John J.; Turner, Wesley; Weber, Wanda – AERA Open, 2016
Internet-delivered mindfulness and relaxation training were compared with each other and a no-treatment control on stress, coping, and mindfulness measures. Participants (n = 114) were assessed before and after treatment, and their compliance with the intervention they received was tracked. The treatments were received at a time, place, and…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Metacognition
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Taggart, Geoff – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
The practitioner's own self is a resource in early childhood education and care (ECEC). It is proposed that an experiential training focusing on the "professional self" helps to raise awareness of how psychological dispositions may impair or enhance quality of provision. A key concept in such training is emotional labour, explored with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Teacher Education
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Bernay, Ross; Graham, Esther; Devcich, Daniel A.; Rix, Grant; Rubie-Davies, Christine M. – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2016
Children today face increasingly high stress levels, impacting their well-being. Schools can play a crucial role in teaching social and emotional skills; therefore there is a need to identify effective interventions. This mixed-methods study of 124 elementary school students from three New Zealand schools aimed to (1) assess if children…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Well Being, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
Batalo, Manuela Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this study, I explored the personal attitudes toward creativity of students enrolled in digital photography classes at a Southern California community college, and attempted to discover if awareness brought to creativity and participating in a creative process affects these attitudes. Pink (2005) suggested that creativity is a desirable 21st…
Descriptors: Creativity, Photography, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Ricard, Richard J.; Lerma, Eunice; Heard, Courtney C. C. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2013
This study explored the impact of a 4-week skills group intervention based on the principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with a sample of adolescents attending a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program. This article provides a session-by-session overview of activities adapted from DBT-specified training modules of mindfulness,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Intervention, Nontraditional Education, Behavior Modification
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Huston, Daniel C.; Garland, Eric L.; Farb, Norman A. S. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2011
Mindfulness, an ancient spiritual practice, is becoming an increasingly popular component of communication courses, training individuals to reserve judgment in their dealings with others. However, the effects of mindfulness in communication courses are not well researched. We compared students taking an introductory communication course that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Perception, Metacognition