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Ziegler, Albert; Stoeger, Heidrun – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
There is ample evidence that labeled gifted students exhibit maladaptive behavior patterns. According to Carol Dweck those students who subscribe to a fixed view of their abilities are particularly at risk. In this contribution we extended Dweck's framework and distinguished two aspects of the implicit theory of one's own abilities. We…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted, At Risk Students
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Schmitt, Neal; Oswald, Frederick L.; Friede, Alyssa; Imus, Anna; Merritt, Stephanie – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Because person-organization fit relates to important outcomes, and because fit is a time-dependent process, there exists a need to model longitudinal data related to fit. In a multi-university sample (N=1174), we tested hypotheses concerning person-organization fit and various behavioral and attitudinal outcomes; correlations between changes in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Interests, Educational Environment
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Maxwell, Martha J. – Journal of Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Emotional Adjustment
Polyson, James A. – 1982
One means of making undergraduate instruction more relevant to students' needs and interests has been to use popular media to illustrate concepts in psychology courses. College students (N=54) in a theories of personality course wrote brief essays explaining the behavior of television characters in terms of theories taught in the course. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Course Content, Course Evaluation