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Richmond-Cullen, Catherine – Educational Gerontology, 2018
The study, funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, measured the effect that an artist in residence program (conducted by state-vetted professional teaching artists) had on self-reported loneliness in senior citizens. All participants were aged 60 years or older and participated in programming in…
Descriptors: Artists, Art Activities, Community Centers, Older Adults
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Kerr, Sandra L.; Lucas, Lisa J.; DiDomenico, Grace E.; Mishra, Vipanchi; Stanton, Brian J.; Shivde, Geeta; Pero, Alexandra N.; Runyen, Madeline E.; Terry, Gabriella M. – Teaching Education, 2017
In this study, we investigated the effects of mindfulness training with 23 pre-service teachers. Subjects were assigned to either a six-week mindfulness training program or a control condition. Postintervention, mindfulness participants reported greater emotional clarity and improved regulation of negative emotions. In particular, the mindfulness…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Training
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Rimland, Emily – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2013
Affective learning relates to students' attitudes, emotions, and feelings. This study focuses on measuring affective learning during library instruction by using a student response system. Participants were undergraduate students who received course-related library instruction for a research assignment. Students rated their confidence levels…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Undergraduate Students, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) secondary school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating school,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Affective Measures, Educational Assessment
Moore, Daniel E. – 1974
QUESTA II assesses the high school environment in terms of values, attitudes, expectations, and levels of satisfaction through students' and faculty's perceptions. This questionnaire provides information about how the students feel about themselves, and their relationships with their teachers, administrators, and classmates. Since the 1969-70…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) junior high school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Affective Measures, Educational Assessment
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) elementary school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Affective Measures, Educational Assessment
Kohr, Richard L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This guide begins with a series of questions and answers which introduce Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) Inventory as a 188-to 190-item multiple choice test for fifth, eighth, and eleventh grades. Items are selected from a 400-item bank using matrix sampling procedures. Test results are analyzed at the school level; no…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Basic Skills