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Temporal Motivation Theory: Punctuality Is a Matter of Seconds
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Stephen Bok; James Shum; Maria Lee – Journal of Marketing Education, 2024
Time management is essential for strong strategic business planning and marketing campaigns. Having sufficient time to complete essential planning is important, as is the punctuality of meeting deadlines. Temporal Motivation Theory (TMT) explains the relationship between deciding to perform a task and expected incentives, consequences, and the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Electronic Learning, Time Management
Latinas/os in Community College Developmental Education: Increasing Moments of Academic and Interpersonal Validation
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Acevedo-Gil, Nancy; Santos, Ryan E.; Alonso, LLuliana; Solorzano, Daniel G. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2015
This qualitative study examines the experiences of Latinas/os in community college English and math developmental education courses. Critical race theory in education and the theory of validation serve as guiding frameworks. The authors find that institutional agents provide academic validation by emphasizing high expectations, focusing on social…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Hispanic American Students, Developmental Programs
Latinas/os in Community College Developmental Education: Increasing Moments of Academic and Interpersonal Validation
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Acevedo-Gil, Nancy; Solorzano, Daniel G.; Santos, Ryan E. – American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2014
This qualitative study examines the experiences of Latinas/os in community college English and math developmental education courses. Critical race theory in education and the theory of validation serve as guiding frameworks. The authors find that institutional agents provide academic validation by emphasizing high expectations, focusing on social…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Developmental Programs
Parents' Rules about Underage Drinking: A Qualitative Study of Why Parents Let Teens Drink
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Friese, Bettina; Grube, Joel W.; Moore, Roland S.; Jennings, Vanessa K. – Journal of Drug Education, 2012
Results from a qualitative study with parents about underage drinking are presented. Semistructured interviews (n = 44) were conducted with parents of teens to investigate whether and why parents permit underage drinking. Parents had three primary reasons for allowing underage drinking: deliberate, spontaneous, and harm reduction. Deliberate…
Descriptors: Drinking, Adolescents, Parent Attitudes, Child Rearing
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT ON NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT IN AUTOMATED TEACHING.
MELARAGNO, RALPH J. – 1960
AN EXPERIMENT TO COMPARE SPACED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, MASSED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT, AND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT IN AUTOMATED TEACHING IS DESCRIBED. THREE GROUPS OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN WERE USED IN THE STUDY. EACH GROUP WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL CONTAINING AMBIGUOUS IMFORMATION INTERSPERSED AMONG MEANINGFUL INFORMATION. ONE GROUP RECEIVED A…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Negative Reinforcement
The Schools of Guadalupe... A Legacy of Educational Oppression.
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California State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. – 1973
The document reported an investigation into the Guadalupe Union School District in the spring 1972 by the California State Advisory Committee (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights). Complaints prompting the investigation dealt with (1) poor quality education not geared to meet the needs of Mexican American child, (2) failure to hire bilingual…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Biculturalism, Bilingualism