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Klingman, Avigdor – School Psychology International, 2000
Examines the response of children in the Golan Heights to the ambiguous situation during the continuing peace talks between Israel and Syria concerning a possible evacuation of the region's settlers. Results suggest that social support, defensiveness, religion, and living in smaller settlements predicted better coping, whereas less social support…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Children, Collective Settlements
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Fishman, Joshua A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1977
This paper explores some of the relationships between knowing, using and liking English as an additional language. Data was gathered from teachers and students in India, Indonesia and Israel. In predicting acquisition and use, non-attitudinal factors are primary whereas attitudinal factors are primary in predicting attitudes. (CFM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Usage
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Fox, Shaul – Social Behavior and Personality, 1981
Administered two questionnaires to 800 Israeli subjects which examine the affiliation need in four groups of situations. No differences were found between first and later-borns in their tendency to associate with others. Results showed significant interaction between sex and specific situational factors. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Affiliation Need, Birth Order
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Seginer, Rachel – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
The effects of affective and cognitive variables, and of socioeconomic status, on academic ability were studied using 171 Israeli seventh-grade boys. Some effects were noted for affective variables, reading comprehension, and socioeconomic status. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries
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Mikulincer, Mario; Florian, Victor – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Assessed ways attachment styles affect young adults' reactions to stressors associated with four-month combat training. Results show that, compared with secure trainees, ambivalent trainees reported more emotion-focused coping, appraised the training in more threatening terms, and considered themselves less capable of coping with the training.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Coping
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Shechtman, Zipora; And Others – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1993
Explored development of self-disclosure among 8 elementary school girls who participated in counseling and therapy groups for 38 sessions over 2 years of treatment. Of eight categories measuring content of self-disclosure, expression of feelings was dominating one. Self-disclosure increased over time and was subject to length of treatment,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females
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Shechtman, Zipora; Leichtentritt, Judy – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
The purpose of the study was to enhance classroom management in special education classrooms. "Affective teaching" was compared with "cognitive teaching" in 52 classrooms in Israel. Data was collected based on observations of three 90 minute lessons, equally divided into the two types of instruction. Results of MANOVA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Special Education
Puurula, Arja; Neill, Sean; Vasileiou, Lisa; Husbands, Chris; Lang, Peter; Katz, Yaacov J.; Romi, Shlomo; Menezes, Isabel; Vriens, Lennart – Compare, 2001
Reports on the outcomes of a comparative research project examining teacher and student attitudes about affective education across Europe. Defines affective education as concern for feelings, values, beliefs, attitudes, and emotional well-being of learners. Considers some of the conceptual issues in affective education as a basis for stressing…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Pluralism
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Frank, Moti; Barzilai, Abigail – Journal of Technology Education, 2006
Because we live in a society that increasingly depends upon technology, a growing number of voices are calling for the mandatory study of technology by school-aged children worldwide. Technological literacy is the ability to use, manage, assess, and understand technology, and involves the application of knowledge and abilities to real-world…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Faculty Development, Standards
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Tamir, Pinchas – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
Studies the scientific curiosity and inquiry of 226 high school students from grades 10 to 12 who were studying the Israeli adaptation of the Biological Science Curriculum Studies (BSCS) program in eleven different schools representing city and Kibbutz Schools in Israel. (HM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Biology, Cognitive Development, Curiosity
Orion, Nir; Hofstein, Avi – 1991
The main goal of this study was to obtain insight about the factors that influence students' ability to learn during a field trip, in order to improve the planning and execution of learning field trips. The study was conducted in the context of a 1-day geological field trip for high school students in Israel. Three domains were tested by…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Yehezkel, Dar; Resh, Nura – 1984
This work explores whether a "psychological price" is indicated in the affective domain of the weaker student in abilty-mixed settings; whether this price differs for various dimensions of this domain; and whether it is related to academic achievement. Existing research in the fields of ability grouping, streaming, curriculum tracking,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Affective Behavior, Aspiration, Behavior Standards
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Lobel, Thalma E.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1993
Compares personality characteristics of 20 Israeli career women in a Kibbutz with those of 20 Kibbutz women without careers (no education beyond high school). Compared to non-career women, career women attribute more instrumental characteristics to themselves, are more independent and emotionally stable, and have a higher need for achievement and…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Affective Behavior, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
Hofstein, Avi – 1986
In an effort to improve students' interests in science and science courses, a study was conducted in Israel to evaluate students' attitudes towards science relative to two chemistry curricula. These curricula were Chemistry for High Schools (CFH), and Chemistry--A Challenge (CAC). The CFH program was mainly designed for science-oriented students…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
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Levin, Tamar; Gordon, Claire – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes study of Israeli secondary school students that was conducted to determine the extent to which gender and prior computer exposure affect students' attitudes toward computers prior to computer instruction in school. An attitude questionnaire designed to measure affective and cognitive attitudes toward computers is described, and results…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
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