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Assessing Autonomous Motivation in Students with Cognitive Impairment
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Katz, Idit; Cohen, Rinat – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: Applying Benson's program of validation (Benson, 1998) we provide evidence supporting the validity of a projective instrument that assesses the autonomous motivation of students with impaired cognitive abilities. Method: Eighty-eight grade 7-9 students diagnosed with cognitive impairment participated in this study. Participants'…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Intellectual Disability, Secondary School Students, Self Determination
Re-Visited: A Tracer Study 10 Years Later--Detective Process
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Levin-Rozalis, Miry – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2004
Does an early childhood program have an influence on its participants that is detectable 10 years later? The answer is "yes". This research managed to detect differences between children of Ethiopian origin who had immigrated to Israel. It also managed to generalize and conceptualize these differences and provide an explanation of them:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Immigration
The Structure of the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness: Further Analysis.
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Birenbaum, Menucha; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The Endler S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness was analyzed employing Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) and factor analysis. The SSA yielded a two-dimensional lattice partitioning the space into regions corresponding to the situations specified in the inventory. The factor-analytic results were similar but not as informative. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Multidimensional Scaling
Personal Choices of Kibbutz Children in Simulated Situations of Distress and Joy.
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Kaffman, Mordecai; And Others – International Journal of Family Therapy, 1980
Kibbutz children (N=998) aged 3 to 10 years were asked to indicate their personal choices in response to a projective test depicting a child in situations of distress and joy. Children selected their own parents as the most significant choice in all age groups, irrespective of communal or family type of sleeping arrangement. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children