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Direct linkJensen, Jakob D.; Moriarty, Cortney M. – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: The authors examined psychosocial factors associated with skin self-exam (SSE) performance by young adults. Participants and Methods: The authors administered surveys to 218 US college students (aged 18-26 years) attending a large midwestern university. Results: Contrary to prior research, men (44%) and women (49%) were relatively…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Statistical Data, Human Body
Hung, Jui-Long; Hsu, Yu-Chang; Rice, Kerry – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study investigated an innovative approach of program evaluation through analyses of student learning logs, demographic data, and end-of-course evaluation surveys in an online K-12 supplemental program. The results support the development of a program evaluation model for decision making on teaching and learning at the K-12 level. A case study…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Databases, Virtual Classrooms, Decision Support Systems
Fadde, Peter J. – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2009
This article introduces "expertise-based training" (XBT) as an instructional design theory that draws on the theories, findings, and methods of expertise research in order to create instructional strategies that can hasten the development of advanced learners into experts. The central tenants of XBT are: 1) Key cognitive sub-skills that…
Descriptors: Expertise, Training, Instructional Design, Skill Development
Hanna, Shellie Lyne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Purpose, scope, and method of study. The purpose of this study was to determine if and to what degree a relationship existed between physical fitness and the academic achievement of ninth-grade public school students in Arkansas. A sample of 152 students from four different schools participated in the study. The dependent variable was academic…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Physical Fitness, Predictor Variables
Download full textMacGregor, Denise – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
The influences that shape beginning teachers' professional identity have been described as part of a changing landscape (Connelly and Clandinin, 1999). When pre-service teachers transition into the role of beginning in-service teachers the landscape changes dramatically. Aspects or features of the landscape that were once familiar may be confirmed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Beginning Teachers
McCullers, John Frank – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined how self-efficacy beliefs, a central construct of social cognitive theory, might be used to inform educational leadership and policy decisions related to school accountability measures. A survey of 112 principals in Florida was used to investigate the degree to which principals believed the goals of federal and state school…
Descriptors: State Schools, Self Efficacy, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Micceri, Theodore; Brigman, Leellen; Spatig, Robert – Online Submission, 2009
An extensive, internally cross-validated analytical study using nested (within academic disciplines) Multilevel Modeling (MLM) on 4,560 students identified functional criteria for defining high school curriculum rigor and further determined which measures could best be used to help guide decision making for marginal applicants. The key outcome…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Prediction, School Guidance, Dual Enrollment
Crow, Tracy, Ed. – National Staff Development Council, 2009
Ensuring quality teaching in every classroom across an entire system of schools--that's what a district leader's job is all about. A district leader's challenges are unique so "The Learning System" was created with that in mind. This issue contains: (1) Imagine the Possibilities: 2020 Forecast Explores 6 Change Forces that Will Shape the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Prediction, Superintendents, Central Office Administrators
Kucukozer, Huseyin; Korkusuz, M. Emin; Kucukozer, H. Asuman; Yurumezoglu, Kemal – Astronomy Education Review, 2009
This study has examined the impact of teaching certain basic concepts of astronomy through a predict-observe-explain strategy, which includes three-dimensional (3D) computer modeling and observations on conceptual changes seen in sixth-grade elementary school children (aged 11-13; number of students: 131). A pre- and postastronomy instruction…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Astronomy
Mandara, Jelani; Varner, Fatima; Greene, Nereira; Richman, Scott – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
The authors examined intergenerational family predictors of the Black-White achievement gap among 4,406 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. An intergenerational model of the process by which family factors contribute to the achievement gap was also tested. The results showed that the ethnic gaps in socioeconomic status…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Adolescents
Townsend, Lisa; Floersch, Jerry; Findling, Robert L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Despite the effectiveness of psychotropic treatment for alleviating symptoms of psychiatric disorders, youth adherence to psychotropic medication regimens is low. Adolescent adherence rates range from 10-80% (Swanson, 2003; Cromer & Tarnowski, 1989; Lloyd et al., 1998; Brown, Borden, and Clingerman, 1985; Sleator, 1985) depending on…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Substance Abuse, Structural Equation Models, Mental Disorders
Haslam, Nick; Laham, Simon M. – Current Research in Social Psychology, 2009
We examined publication records of 60 social psychologists to determine whether publication record at the time of the PhD (t0) predicted scientific achievement (publication quantity, quality, and impact) ten years later (t10). Publication quantity and quality each correlated moderately across this time-span. Productivity and impact at t10 were…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Writing for Publication, Academic Discourse
Feeny, Norah C.; Silva, Susan G.; Reinecke, Mark A.; McNulty, Steven; Findling, Robert L.; Rohde, Paul; Curry, John F.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; Pathak, Sanjeev M.; May, Diane E.; Kennard, Betsy D.; Simons, Anne D.; Wells, Karen C.; Robins, Michele; Rosenberg, David; March, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This article explores aspects of family environment and parent-child conflict that may predict or moderate response to acute treatments among depressed adolescents (N = 439) randomly assigned to fluoxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy, their combination, or placebo. Outcomes were Week 12 scores on measures of depression and global impairment. Of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Restructuring, Adolescents, Family Environment
Desoete, Annemie – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
In a 2-year longitudinal study, 66 children were assessed in Grades 3 and 4 with a within-method-and-time design on metacognition (including the computerized Evaluation and Prediction Assessment [EPA2000]) and mathematics. Moreover, half of the children were trained in Grade 3 in the metacognitive skill of predicting their abilities in solving…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mathematics Tests, Prediction, Metacognition
Burdett, Jane; Hastie, Brianne – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2009
Universities are increasingly using group based assessment tasks; however, as with work-place teams, such tasks often elicit mixed feelings from participants. This study investigated factors that may predict student satisfaction with group work at university. Final-year business students completed a questionnaire addressing experiences of group…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study
