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Bruick, Thomas J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This comparative and associational quantitative study applied a pragmatic theoretical perspective to the exploration of college student dispositions. First, the study evaluated the Dimensions of Adult Mastery Motivation Questionnaire College (DAMMQ-C) as a measure of mastery motivation in U.S. college students. Secondly, the study explored the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Mastery Learning
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Negrete, Andrea; Griffith, Aisha N.; Hurd, Noelle M. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2018
The current study examined characteristics of natural mentoring relationships (NMRs; i.e. mentoring relationships that develop organically with adults in one's pre-existing social network) among underrepresented college students as contributors to NMR retention across the first year of college. The sample consisted of 209 underrepresented college…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, College Freshmen, Disproportionate Representation