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Jastrzembski, Tiffany S.; Charness, Neil – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2007
The authors estimate weighted mean values for nine information processing parameters for older adults using the Card, Moran, and Newell (1983) Model Human Processor model. The authors validate a subset of these parameters by modeling two mobile phone tasks using two different phones and comparing model predictions to a sample of younger (N = 20;…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Telecommunications, Cognitive Processes, Models
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Brink, Peter; Stones, Michael – Gerontologist, 2007
Earlier evidence was not conclusive about whether hearing loss is associated with mood (i.e., depressive symptoms and anhedonia) and social engagement (i.e., reduced psychosocial involvement and reduced activity levels) in elderly residents living in complex continuing-care facilities. If hearing impairment results in poor mood and lower levels of…
Descriptors: Hearing (Physiology), Linguistics, Audiology, Hearing Impairments
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Roberts, Jay – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2007
This article is an attempt to critique some of the limitations of dominant school reform discourses in education, drawing upon the work of Michel Foucault, Michael Apple, Maxine Greene, and Dennis Carlson, in addition to writers in the emerging field of what might be called "eco-progressivism." The intersections between ecology and education can…
Descriptors: Ecology, School Restructuring, Progressive Education, Educational Change
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Kolden, Gregory G.; Chisholm-Stockard, Sarah M.; Strauman, Timothy J.; Tierney, Sandy C.; Mullen, Elizabeth A.; Schneider, Kristin L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors used structural equation modeling to investigate universal change processes identified in the generic model of psychotherapy (GMP). Three path models of increasing complexity were examined in Study 1 in dynamic therapy. The best fitting model from Study one was replicated in Study two for participants receiving either cognitive or…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Structural Equation Models, Cognitive Restructuring, Path Analysis
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Wiium, Nora; Breivik, Kyrre; Wold, Bente – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The study examines how adolescents' perceptions of exposure to smoker role models relate to their intentions to smoke, both directly, and indirectly through attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioural control. The data is based on a national representative sample of 15-year-olds (n=1670) in Norway. Path analysis indicates that perceptions of model…
Descriptors: Smoking, Role Models, Intention, Adolescents
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Cokley, Kevin O.; Chapman, Collette – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2008
Conventional wisdom in much of the educational and psychological literatures states that the ethnic and racial identity of African American students is related to their academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ethnic identity and anti-white attitudes predicted the academic achievement of African American students at…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
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Ricketts, Melissa L. – Journal of School Violence, 2007
Since the 1990s, schools have focused their attention on policies designed to improve school safety. Most researches on school violence policies have concentrated on the needs of students and administrators. This study investigated the impact of school violence policies on K-12 teachers' fear. Using self-report data from 447 K-12 teachers from a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, School Policy
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Phan, Huy P. – Educational Psychology, 2007
This study examined the causal and mediating relations between students' learning approaches, self-efficacy beliefs, stages of reflective thinking, and academic performance. Second-year undergraduate students (n = 241; 118 females, 123 males) in the South Pacific were administered the revised version of Biggs' Study Process Questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Korkmaz, Mehmet – Educational Research Quarterly, 2007
This article examines the effects of the leadership style of the principal, "transformational leadership and transactional leadership", along with teachers' job satisfaction on schools' organizational health. Specifically speaking, it investigates to what extent the variations in school health can be related to the principal's leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Job Satisfaction, School Personnel
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Araz, Gulsum; Sungur, Semra – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student centered approach whereby students deal with ill-structured problems while working in small groups. In this study, a path model was utilized to model the relationships among reasoning ability, learning approach, prior knowledge, motivational variables, and achievement in genetics in PBL classes. 126 eighth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning, Prior Learning, Genetics
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Herman, Keith C.; Ostrander, Rick – School Psychology Quarterly, 2007
The present study investigated developmental pathways between inattention and depression, particularly the roles of school maladjustment and child cognitions. Additionally, a measure of conduct problems was included in all analyses to test competing theories about the emergence of depressive symptoms. Results supported the hypothesized path models…
Descriptors: Prevention, Children, Adjustment (to Environment), Path Analysis
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Galliher, Renee V.; Evans, Colette M.; Weiser, Desmond – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2007
Substance abuse is a primary concern for youth worldwide and increasingly so for Native American youth. Guided by theoretical models of the socialization of substance use in children and adolescents, we conducted a preliminary examination of socialization factors specific to Native American youth. Strong, pro-social bonds with three primary…
Descriptors: Socialization, Substance Abuse, Self Efficacy, Models
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d'Acremont, Mathieu.; Van der Linden, Martial – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The aim of this study was to validate a French version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Garnefski, N., Kraaij, V., & Spinhoven, P., 2001. Negative life events, cognitive emotion regulation and emotional problems. "Personality and Individual Differences, 30," 1311-1327) and to explore its relationships with impulsivity and…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Secondary School Students, Psychopathology, Personality
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Fletcher, Kathryn L.; Cross, Jennifer R.; Tanney, Angela L.; Schneider, Mercedes; Finch, William H. – Early Education and Development, 2008
Reading to children has been advocated as a way to enhance language and literacy skills (A. G. Bus, M. H. van IJzendoorn, & A. D. Pellegrini, 1995). However, little is known about reading with children under age 3 (K. L. Fletcher & E. Reese, 2005), particularly in at-risk samples (A. van Kleeck, 2003). In the current study of 87 primary caregivers…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Strategies, Caregivers, Path Analysis
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Drent, Marjolein; Meelissen, Martina – Computers & Education, 2008
This article discusses the factors which stimulate or limit the innovative use of ICT by teacher educators in the Netherlands. Innovative use of ICT is defined as the use of ICT applications that support the educational objectives based on the needs of the current knowledge society. Explorative path analysis and case studies were used to study the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Path Analysis, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators
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