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Gary J. Conti; Rita C. McNeil – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
The purpose of this study was to describe the association between the learning strategy preference of the learners as identified by "Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS" (ATLAS) and the individual personality traits as defined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The sample was 553 adults in Canada and the United States.…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Learning Strategies, Adults, Correlation
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Munoz, Ricky T.; Hoppes, Steve; Hellman, Chan M.; Brunk, Kara L.; Bragg, Jedidiah E.; Cummins, Carissa – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: To evaluate mindfulness meditation as an antecedent of reductions in stress and increases in hope. Method: A quasi-experimental design (N = 46; meditation group, n = 23; comparison group, n = 23) using a community sample was used to evaluate the impact of mindfulness meditation on stress and hope. A path analysis was also used to model a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Stress Variables, Psychological Patterns, Correlation
Blackburn, J. Joey; Robinson, J. Shane – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
The purpose of this experimental study was to assess the effects of cognitive style, problem complexity, and hypothesis generation on the problem solving ability of school-based agricultural education students. Problem solving ability was defined as time to solution. Kirton's Adaption-Innovation Inventory was employed to assess students' cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Statistical Analysis, Problem Solving, Correlation
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Scott, Meagan; Whiddon, Ashley S.; Brown, Nicholas R.; Weeks, Penny P. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2015
This instrumental case study sought to determine how collegiate-level students changed throughout a personal leadership development course. Document analysis of an archived course assignment was employed to analyze the students' perceptions of their personal leadership development. Four themes emerged from the analysis: (a) self-evolution, (b)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Individual Development, Case Studies, Student Development
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Hughes, Michael G.; Day, Eric Anthony; Wang, Xiaoqian; Schuelke, Matthew J.; Arsenault, Matthew L.; Harkrider, Lauren N.; Cooper, Olivia D. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2013
An inherent aspect of learner-controlled instructional environments is the ability of learners to affect the degree of difficulty faced during training. However, research has yet to examine how learner-controlled practice difficulty affects learning. Based on the notion of "desirable difficulties" (Bjork, 1994), this study examined the…
Descriptors: Learner Controlled Instruction, Difficulty Level, Young Adults, Males
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Fabregas Janeiro, Maria G.; Gaeta González, Martha L. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
The College of Human Sciences at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) decided to offer Pedagogy Doctoral students from Mexico a 3 week co-teaching research methods experience. Two professors, one from each institution (OSU and UPAEP), designed the syllabus to offer a co-teaching experience…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation