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Innovativeness of Staff in Higher Education: "Do Implicit Theories and Goal Orientations Matter?"
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Aldahdouh, Tahani Z.; Nokelainen, Petri; Korhonen, Vesa – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Innovativeness has been believed to be a significant psychological construct underlying individual differences in adopting novel ideas, experiences or approaches. Although few recent studies have contributed to identifying the factors that predict innovativeness, there is a lack of research showing the impacts of implicit theories and goal…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, College Faculty, Goal Orientation
Finnish Secondary School Students' Interreligious Sensitivity
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Holm, Kristiina; Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi – British Journal of Religious Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to assess the self-evaluations of Finnish secondary school students' (N?=?549) interreligious sensitivity. The data were collected from 12-16-year-old young people with a 15-item Interreligious Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (IRRSSQ). The IRRSSQ is based on Abu-Nimer's Developmental Model of Interreligious Sensitivity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Religion, Religious Factors
Role of Motivation in the Moral and Religious Judgment of Mathematically Gifted Adolescents
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Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi – High Ability Studies, 2010
In this paper we investigate whether the level of motivation among mathematically gifted adolescents is related to their moral and religious judgment. The sample consists of first-year students (N = 20) at a Finnish private and independent boarding school specializing in mathematics. We formulated the following research questions: (RQ1) Is the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Boarding Schools, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation
Relationship of Gender and Academic Achievement to Finnish Students' Intercultural Sensitivity
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Holm, Kristiina; Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi – High Ability Studies, 2009
This study examined the intercultural sensitivity of Finnish 12-16-year-old secondary school students (N=549) with a 23-item Intercultural Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ICSSQ). The ICSSQ is based on Bennett's (1993) Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), which is a conceptual tool to situate certain reactions towards cultural…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Females, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Comparison of Academically Average and Gifted Students' Self-Rated Ethical Sensitivity
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Tirri, Kirsi; Nokelainen, Petri – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This study examined the ethical sensitivity of 2 Finnish urban schools' 7th- to 9th-grade students (N = 249) with the Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ), based on Narvaez' (2001) operationalization of ethical sensitivity. Three research questions were formulated: (1) Are the psychometric properties of ESSQ scientifically valid? Are…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academically Gifted, Psychometrics, Ethics
Learning Strategies for Police Organization--Modeling Organizational Learning Perquisites.
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Luoma, Markku; Nokelainen, Petri; Ruohotie, Pekka – 2003
The factors contributing to organizational learning in police units in Finland and elsewhere were examined to find strategies to improve the prerequisites of learning and compare linear and nonlinear methods of modeling organizational learning prerequisites. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the 281 staff members of five police…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Influences