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Direct linkWeissová, Monika; Prokop, Pavol – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
Children's ideas, which differ from a scientific view, are termed as alternative conceptions (AC). AC are extremely resistant to change and arise from everyday experience. Investigation of children's AC about weight gain and their ability to discriminate between healthy and unhealthy foods is important, because it can help teachers reduce obesity…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Weight, Food, Health Behavior
Is Having Low Motivation the Same as Not Having High Motivation? Comparing the CSAS-R and the SAAS-R
McCoach, Betsy; Newton, Sarah D.; Siegle, Del; Baslanti, Ugur; Picho, Katherine – High Ability Studies, 2016
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationships among the Challenges to Scholastic Achievement Scale-Revised (CSAS-R) and The School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R) items and factors to determine whether the negative scales on the CSAS-R seemed to be measuring the same constructs as those that are measured on the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Positive Attitudes
Download full textLiu, Yuanyuan – English Language Teaching, 2020
Writing anxiety is one of the most essential factors influencing language learning. The current study is to explore the effect of sentence-making practice on reducing writing anxiety of two classes of adult EFL learners, one in low-intermediate level (LI learners), the other in high-intermediate level (HI learners). Two classes received two-week…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Berhe, Teklebrhan; Embiza, Samuel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of the study is to assess the prospects and implementing continuous assessment (CA) in in higher education. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from instructors and students of Adigrat University as well as Mekelle and Aksum Universities for comparison purpose. Both quantitative and qualitative data were carried out.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Progress Monitoring
O'Reilly, Karin; Peterson, Candida C.; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Two studies addressed key theoretical debates in theory of mind (ToM) development by comparing (a) deaf native signers (n = 18), (b) deaf late signers (n = 59), and (c) age-matched hearing persons (n = 74) in childhood (Study 1: n = 81) and adulthood (Study 2: n = 70) on tests of first- and second-order false belief and conversational sarcasm.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Negative Attitudes, Theory of Mind, Sign Language
Howley, Craig B.; Pickett, Diana; Brown, Peter; Kay, Laura – Critical Questions in Education, 2011
In this report, the authors characterize the differences between those interviewed who "loved school" and "those who did not." For this comparison, they created two sets of comparison groups: (1) interviewees divided into upper and lower halves on one item, "I loved school"; and (2) the top and bottom quartiles on the…
Descriptors: Adults, School Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
Bijaoui, Nadia Judith – Online Submission, 2012
Background: The educational intervention of this Applied Dissertation consisted of a presentation during which self-selected volunteers were introduced to relevant literature focusing on less known factors causing the disease of obesity and contrasting from behavior. Purpose: The workshop was structured to address the problem statement:…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Control Groups, Income, Confidentiality
Eggleston, Martha H. – 1988
Because of the decline in academic skills in college freshmen, colleges and universities have enacted placement testing to identify those students with inadequate skills in reading, writing, and math for placement in remedial classes. This document discussed reasons for testing, concern about excessive testing, and results of three past surveys of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Negative Attitudes
