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Solmon, Melinda A.; Boone, Jerry – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1993
This study examined the impact of goal perspective in physical education classes. College students in beginning tennis classes completed skill pretests and posttests and two questionnaires on task and ego orientation. Results indicated that goal perspectives were important influences on students' thought and action in physical education class. (SM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, College Students, Decision Making, Goal Orientation

Cheung, Ping Chung; Ma, Hing Keung; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Data from a sample of 673 Chinese adolescents lent support to the hypothesis that concepts of success or achievement goals affect both inclination to and the actual performance of prosocial acts. Sex differences and grade differences in the relationship between conceptions of success and prosocial and antisocial behaviors were found. Discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Chinese
Seegers, Gerard; Van Putten, Cornelis M.; Vermeer, Harriet J. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2004
The authors investigated the effects of former learning experiences on how students adapt to challenging mathematics tasks. A distinction has been made between domain-specific variables (goal orientation, self-concept of mathematics ability) and task- (or context-) specific appraisals (estimated competence for, attractiveness and relevance of the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mathematics Activities, Goal Orientation, Self Concept
Zaytoun, Kelli D. – About Campus, 2005
Decades ago, feminist theorists opened the possibility that learning is deeply entwined with gender. The author argues that the interface between learning and identities formed by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other individual contexts is not yet well enough understood. To engage educators in the process of rethinking learning and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Identification (Psychology), Relationship, Learning
Mohr, Jonathan J.; Fassinger, Ruth E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2003
A model linking attachment variables with self-acceptance and self-disclosure of sexual orientation was tested using data from 489 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults. The model included the following 4 domains of variables: (a) representations of childhood attachment experiences with parents, (b) perceptions of parental support for sexual…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Attachment Behavior, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Tuckman, Bruce W. – 1996
A two-dimensional, four-category model for classifying the way that people relate to others, or relationship style, was developed by T. Alessandra (1987). The model characterizes style in terms of openness, with poles of open and self-contained, and directness, with poles of direct and indirect. Combining the poles of the two dimensions yields the…
Descriptors: Adults, Classification, Goal Orientation, Higher Education
Avery, Donna M. – 1981
The past decade has seen a surge in both popular and scholarly work on the issues that affect women's lives. To discover events perceived to have been turning points in the identity formation of Hispanic women, 25 Mexican-American women and 25 Puerto Rican women living in Chicago were interviewed by two female Hispanic interviewers. In addition to…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Counselor Role, Cultural Differences, Educational Background
Gollwitzer, Peter M.; And Others – 1982
Symbolic self-completion theory suggests that people who are committed to a certain self-definitional goal, e.g., "psychologist,""parent,""dancer," are not willing to give up this goal when facing a shortcoming. Such individuals often engage in self-symbolizing or positive self-descriptions designed to coverup the…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Students, Conceptual Tempo, Foreign Countries
Gurin, Patricia – 1978
This paper reports on a study which measured labor market experience and its possible effects on workers' psychological expectancies. Past efforts that employed black and white men and women had made to improve their market situations are described, as well as attributions they gave for their experiences. Work or educational changes attempted by…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Employed Women, Employment Experience, Expectation
BENDER, RALPH E.; MATHIS, GILBERT L. – 1966
THE MAJOR PRUPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUNG FARMERS' SELF PERCEPTION AS ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR MONETARY AND NONMONETARY SUCCESS IN FARMING. DATA FROM 125 QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED FROM A SAMPLE OF 250 SELECTED YOUNG FARMERS LOCATED IN 35 OHIO COUNTIES WERE TESTED BY FACTOR AND MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Factor Analysis
Dunn, James A.; And Others – 1973
Intended for administrative personnel, curriculum specialists, and career education project directors who are considering introduction of career education activities in their school districts, this catalog presents a suggested curriculum design and detailed instructional objectives for career education for Grades K-9. An introductory chapter…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Education, Career Planning, Catalogs

Beck, Marilyn C. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1980
Proposes human potential seminars on topics such as "study skills" or "library use" as alternatives to traditional freshman orientation courses. Examines the implementation of the seminars at Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College and discusses their effectiveness in improving the self-concept and retention of high-risk students.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, High Risk Students, Nontraditional Students, Open Enrollment

Swicord, Barbara – Roeper Review, 1988
The article describes problems and challenges in implementing independent study as a major component of a gifted program for Black, urban elementary students. Program adjustments included guaranteed incremental successes, joint planning with students, a small student-teacher ratio, flexible perceptions of project products, high teacher…
Descriptors: Black Education, Elementary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged, Goal Orientation
Magee, D. B. – 1998
Over a 12-year teaching career--7 years on the college level--an instructor has found that his healthy identity as a gay male informs his performance in the contact zone of the classroom in ways that may be different than that of heterosexual teachers. It appears that gay male composition teachers who are less closeted view their sexual…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Homosexuality
Dickmann, Leonore W. – 1982
Self-management theory proposes that an individual organize activities around a set of goals that are carefully considered. These goals can help students develop a positive self-concept which in turn correlates with higher achievement. Primary grade teachers generally have ways in which to help learners see themselves as worthy, while in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation