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Putrawan, I. Made – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This research is aimed at obtaining information related to instrument development of Students' New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) based on their knowledge about ecosystem and Locus of Control (LOC). A survey method has been carried out by selecting senior high school students randomly with n = 362 (first stage 2013) and n = 722 (2014). Data analysed…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Locus of Control, Surveys, Correlation
Abouzahr, Mohammed S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This essay is a contribution to the new trend and old tradition of analyzing theological fatalism in light of its relationship to logical fatalism. All results pertain to branching temporal systems that use the A-theory and assume presentism. The project focuses on two kinds of views about branching time. One position is true futurism, which…
Descriptors: Semantics, Futures (of Society), Beliefs, Prediction
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Curtis Erwin; Brenda L. H. Marina – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2013
The purposes of this study was to (1) examine the extent that locus of control influences the organizational commitment of Chief Housing Officers and (2) review background factors such as gender, salary range, and institutional type Chief Housing Officers and any relationships related to level of locus of control and organizational commitment. The…
Descriptors: College Housing, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Work Attitudes
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Balaban Dagal, Asude; Bayindir, Dilan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the level of self-directed learning readiness, locus of control and the personality traits of preschool teacher candidates. The survey method was used for this study. The study group consisted of 151 teacher candidates who volunteered to participate in the study from Preschool…
Descriptors: Investigations, Learning Readiness, Locus of Control, Personality Traits
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Collins, Christina – Studying Teacher Education, 2016
There is little research in the area of understanding educational leaders' psychological processes. This lack of understanding leaves educational leaders to develop their own sense-making practices while in the complex and stressful act of leading. This self-study, conducted over more than half a school year in 2014-2015, was my own effort to do…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Cognitive Processes
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Cincera, Jan; Simonova, Petra – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
The article evaluates a Czech environmental education program focused on developing competence in issue investigation. In the evaluation, a simple quasi-experimental design with experimental (N = 200) and control groups was used. The results suggest that the program had a greater impact on girls than on boys, and that it increased their internal…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Program Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups
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Anderson, D.; Nashon, S.; Namazzi, E.; Okemwa, P.; Ombogo, P.; Ooko, S.; Beru, F. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
This study investigated Kenyan science teachers' pedagogical transformations, which manifested as they enacted and experienced a reformed contextualized science curriculum in which students' learning experiences were critical catalysts of teacher change. Twelve high school teachers voluntarily participated in the study and were interviewed about…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Locus of Control, Educational Change
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Valentin, Marie Anttonitte; Valentin, Celestino C.; Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore implications of motivational potential that are highly correlated to the self-determination theory (SDT) (intrinsic motivating factors), in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR). This paper specifies key antecedents of engagement within the theoretical framework of the self-determination…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Intervention, Sustainability, Motivation
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Goodyear, Peter; Dimitriadis, Yannis – Research in Learning Technology, 2013
Our goal in this article is to set out some important elements of a useful theory of "design for learning." We aim to help understand what it means to design something, or some assemblage of things, to help other people learn. In offering what we believe to be a useful framework for thinking about design for learning, we address a number…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Sustainability, Teacher Role
Ture, Abidemi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research explored the relationship between elementary teachers' locus of control and teaching style. This research observed elementary teachers in their classrooms coupled with data gathered from information sheets, surveys, and interviews to determine if a relationship exists between the locus of control of the elementary teachers and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Locus of Control, Teaching Styles, Observation
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Medula, Cesar Turqueza – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2017
The delivery of teacher education courses often for the most part deal with the visible parts of knowledge, the "know-what", which is often disconnected from the tacit knowledge, the "know-how", required in authentic teaching environments. It could be argued that would-be teachers do undergo practice teaching as part of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Computer Simulation
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St Clair-Thompson, Helen; Giles, Rebecca; McGeown, Sarah P.; Putwain, David; Clough, Peter; Perry, John – Educational Psychology, 2017
Mental toughness can be conceptualised as a set of attributes that allow people to deal effectively with challenges, stressors and pressure. Recent work has suggested that it may be a valuable construct to consider within educational settings. The current studies explored the associations between mental toughness and educational transitions. Study…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Student Adjustment, High School Students, Coping
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Jones, Lani V.; Ahn, Suran; Chan, Keith T. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: This study investigated the effectiveness of a culturally congruent group intervention program entitled ''Claiming Your Connections (CYC)'' aimed at reducing stress and enhancing psychosocial competence (i.e., locus of control and active coping) among Black college women. Method: Using an experimental design, a total of 96…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Black Colleges, Stress Management
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Suizzo, Marie-Anne; Jackson, Karen Moran; Pahlke, Erin; McClain, Shannon; Marroquin, Yesenia; Blondeau, Lauren A.; Hong, KyongJoo – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2016
In this mixed-methods study, we used an explanatory sequential design to investigate the processes through which parental involvement influences adolescents' achievement motivation. One hundred twenty low-income urban parents and their sixth-grade adolescents completed questionnaires, and a subsample of 11 mothers and 11 adolescents were…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research, Socialization, Parent Participation
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Tonhäuser, Cornelia; Büker, Laura – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2016
Investments in training measures can only be considered effective if the transfer of the learned contents to practical situations is continuously successful. In this context the scientific and professional discourse regarding the effectiveness of further education, especially regarding training transfer, has intensified considerably. This analysis…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Literature Reviews, Vocational Education, Work Environment
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