To what extent are predictor variables associated with teaching and learning in graduate school related to graduate students academic self-efficacy, or their perseverance to achieve course goals? Graduate students (n=145) at a southern university completed a short form of the Student Assessment of Teaching and Learning (original developed by C.…

The Minnesota Test of Critical Thinking (MTCT) has been designed to measure both critical thinking (CT) skills and a key disposition of critical reasoning: the willingness to evaluate arguments that are congruent with one's own goals and beliefs critically. The MTCT uses a taxonomy of CT skills derived from the American Philosophical Association's…

In an earlier study, I. Newman and D. Waechter (1999) investigated graduate education students' perceptions and attitudes toward cheating in scientific research. A questionnaire was developed that was based on reactions and concerns related to cheating behavior seen in a public television video about faking scientific data. This study examined the…

The dispositional motivation of individuals to engage in information processing was studied through an instrument, the Need for Closure Scale (NFCS) (A. Kruglanski and others, 1996), developed to measure differences in the need for structure and closure. One goal of the two studies reported was to address criticisms related to the dimensionality…

The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure that underlies students' perceptions of intellectual progress and personal growth and to suggest additional ways of using survey information. The study was based on a sample of 68,650 students who completed the American College Testing College Outcomes between 1999 and 2001. From the…

This paper demonstrates the application of common statistical methods to evaluate the dimensionality, reliability, generalizability, and potential biasing factors of the student assessment of instruction (SAI) instrument used at Florida Atlantic University. Findings indicated: (1) factor analysis uncovered just two factors, one describing…

Australia is a multicultural society and, in recent years, Asian immigration has increased tremendously. In terms of the educational participation of Asian-Australian students, students from non-English-speaking backgrounds are not highly represented in humanities, arts, and education courses. They prefer business, engineering, science, and…

In this study, the uses and gratifications theory was applied to investigate the Internet users' motivations and their relationship with attitudes toward the Internet as well as types of Web site visited by users. Subjects were 185 college students who completed a self-report questionnaire. Four motivations and five types of Web sites were…

Factor analyses of item correlations for 488 men indicated the presence of 14 dimensions of interest. An analysis of the correlations among the factor scores revealed four higher level factors named People-Related, Mechanical and Symbol Manipulation, Personal Expression and the Arts, and Outdoor Activities. The 14 content scales developed were…

A reliable criterion system was developed for responses to a follow-up questionnaire and precounseling goal check list to appraise the effects of counseling. (Author)

Examines the factor structure of the Dogmatism Scale Form E and gathers evidence pertaining to the questions of validity, multidimensional, and use of the DS as a summated rating scale--questions inherent in the Vacchiano (1967) and Penhazur (1971) studies. (Author)

The present study was an attempt to investigate the specific form of the relationship of persistence to academic performance, with a consideration of the information-processing value of persistence. (Author)

The open-field activity of 140 children 3-9 years old was observed. Children were either told to stay in one part of the room and play or were given free play instructions. Findings showed that open-field activity decreased with age; parents' activity ratings were also lower for older children. (CS)

The study revealed the Mexican-American children were less mature. Factor structures for both groups are analyzed. (ST)

The present study is designed to find the dimensions of the elementary school environment and has generated an instrument, the revised Elementary School Environment Survey, which measures elementary school environments along specific dimensions. (Author/RK)