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Waring, Timothy M.; Sullivan, Abigail V.; Stapp, Jared R. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: Prosociality may in part determine sustainability behavior. Prior research indicates that pro-environmental behavior correlates with prosocial attitudes, and separately, that prosociality correlates with social support in homes and communities. Therefore, prosociality may constitute a keystone variable linking human well-being with…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Educational Environment, Prosocial Behavior, Social Support Groups
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Graham, Christian; Jones, Nory B. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2016
Information-systems development continues to be a difficult process, particularly for virtual teams that do not have the luxury of meeting face-to-face. The research literature on this topic reinforces this point: the greater part of database systems development projects ends in failure. The use of virtual teams to complete projects further…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teamwork, Databases
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Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
The Climate Change Attitude Survey is composed of 15 Likert-type attitudinal items selected to measure students' beliefs and intentions toward the environment with a focus on climate change. This paper describes the development of the instrument and psychometric performance characteristics including reliability and validity. Data were gathered…
Descriptors: Climate, Attitudes, Likert Scales, Middle School Students
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Hillman, Susan J.; Bloodsworth, Kylie H.; Tilburg, Charles E.; Zeeman, Stephan I.; List, Henrietta E. – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This study was launched from a National Science Foundation GK-12 grant in which graduate fellows in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are placed in classrooms to engage K-12 students in STEM activities. The investigation explored whether the STEM Fellows' presence impacted the K-12 students' stereotypical image of a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students