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Giles, Gerald L. – 1995
Creative Values and Self-Image is a credit developmental studies course offered at Utah's Salt Lake Community College to help students assess their own values and self-image, learn and understand related theories and research, understand the relationship between their own values and self-image as they relate to goal setting, and apply the theories…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Developmental Studies Programs
Menchaca, Velma Dora – 1992
Little prior research exists on the achievement motivation of Mexican American students. In a rural south Texas junior high school, 120 eighth-grade students completed the 1969 Achieving Tendency Scales and demographic and socioeconomic questionnaires. Subjects were equally divided among four groups: Mexican American males and females and Anglo…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Anglo Americans, Fear
Stevens, Paul – 1991
This book is designed to help the individual acquire skills in life planning. Part 1 focuses on achieving the most from use of the book. It discusses personal responsibility, personal goals, and possible uses of the book. Part 2 contains the procedures to follow. It begins by listing benefits from setting goals. Exercises that follow assess…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Modification, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Brieschke, Patricia – 1981
Organizational socialization concerns the manner in which an individual learns the role of his or her career in the dominant setting in which the work occurs. From the functionalist approach, the role of teacher carries predetermined work attitudes, status, behaviors, and norms into which a beginning teacher is passively socialized. The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Beginning Teachers, Interaction Process Analysis, Peer Influence
McDermott, Virginia – 1980
In a study using qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure adjustment to retirement, it was proposed that people come to understand who they are in relation to the other social objects in their environment, including other persons. The study sample was comprised of 12 retired and 12 nonretired persons, all within about 18 months of their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Expectation, Information Needs
Ross, Harvey L. – 1970
In this study, the attempt is made to isolate the factors that make individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds become successful. From data collected in interviews, the study concludes that "successful" and "unsuccessful" subjects differ in their memory of school life, self-esteem, loyalty to family, etc. The findings are summarized separately for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aspiration, Behavior, Black Culture
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Hellwege, Dennis R.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1988
Investigates the relationship between sexual orientation and perceptions of self, ideal male, and ideal female using the Androgyny scale of the Bem Sex Role Inventory with 144 college students. Findings include the fact that homosexuals were less likely than heterosexuals to stereotype their perceptions. (FMW)
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Femininity, Homosexuality
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Wentzel, Kathryn R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1994
Relations of social-goal pursuit to social acceptance by teachers and peers, prosocial and irresponsible classroom behavior, and perceived support from teachers and peers were examined for 475 sixth and seventh graders. Findings reflected, in part, significant relationships between social-goal pursuit and displays of social behavior. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation
Smart, John C.; And Others – 1985
Changes in the self-concept and career orientation of 10,759 members of a nationally representative sample of high school graduates was studied over 7 years. Objectives were to determine: (1) the degree to which changes in adolescents' self-concept and career attitudes were related to their level of involvement in postsecondary education; and (2)…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Bound Students, Educational Benefits, Females
Jensen, Amy; And Others – 1987
A gifted student faces daily problems that are two-fold in nature: (1) internal--those that are posed by an often critical understanding of self, and (2) external--those that are posed by daily interpersonal relationships with family, friends, and others. This curriculum offers an approach to these two essential areas of need: "You" focuses on the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Gifted
Goldfarb, William; And Others – 1969
The corrective socialization approach to the treatment of childhood schizophrenia which involves modification of the environment to allow the child to close maturational gaps is discussed. Also discussed is the therapeutic setting of the Ittleson Center for Child Research: the facilities, the structured environment, and the child centered climate.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Body Image
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Bowman, Martha Heath; Stage, Frances K. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2002
Research experiences are becoming increasingly available for undergraduate science students. Although many undergraduate research programs are designed with assessment-friendly outcomes as stated goals, a more personalized approach in goal setting can help administrators and mentors design fulfilling experiences for their students. Implementation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Goal Orientation, Undergraduate Study, College Science
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Blake, Peter A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
The Commonwealth of Virginia overcame an environment of each institution for itself to craft an accountability process oriented around state needs.
Descriptors: Accountability, Money Management, Educational Change, Educational History
Schunk, Dale H. – 1996
The concept of self-regulation--the process whereby students activate and sustain behaviors and cognitive paths which are systematically oriented toward attainment of learning goals--is increasing in importance among educators. Self-regulation includes activities such as attending to instruction; organizing, coding, and rehearsing information;…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Attribution Theory, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Hau, Kit-Tai; Wong, Chi-Lap – 1996
In the study of students' achievement behavior, it has been argued that learning goals that emphasize self-improvement rather than outperforming others are more desirable. This study examined how students' learning goal orientations were related to their theories of intelligence (e.g., whether intelligence is inborn). The subjects were 400 Chinese…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs
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