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The Prediction Level of University Students' Critical Thinking Dispositions to Achievement Goal Orientations
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Arslan, Aysel – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
The aim of this study; is to examine the critical thinking dispositions and achievement goal orientations of university students in terms of various variables, and to determine the predictive level of students' critical thinking dispositions on their achievement goal orientations. The sample of the research consists of 785 (333 female, 452 male)…
Descriptors: Prediction, Critical Thinking, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement
Training Effects on Subsistence Entrepreneurs' Hope and Goal Attainment
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Barrios, Andres; Reficco, Ezequiel; Taborda, Rodrigo – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which hope and perceived goal attainment can be developed in subsistence entrepreneurs through the right training tools. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal study of a subsistence entrepreneurship training program in three Central American countries was carried out.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Goal Orientation, Longitudinal Studies, Program Descriptions
A Comparative Review of Stratification Texts and Readers
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Peoples, Clayton D. – Teaching Sociology, 2012
Social stratification is a core substantive area within sociology. There are a number of textbooks and readers available on the market that deal with this central topic. In this article, I conduct a comparative review of (a) four stratification textbooks and (b) four stratification readers. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Textbooks, Social Stratification, Comparative Analysis, Social Class
What Works in Student Retention? Fourth National Survey. Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities Report
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ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
Earning and Learning: Reasons Students Attend College
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Arboleda, Ana; Chen, JingJing; Shelley, Mack C., II; Whalen, Donald F. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2004
Linear models of two of the most salient motivations for undergraduates to attend college--learning (intrinsic) and enhanced post-graduation earnings (extrinsic)--are estimated from a sample of 2,199 respondents to the 2000 Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) survey of first-year students, supplemented by institutional records. Model…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Student Development, Teaching Methods
Learning and Academic Engagement in the Multiversity: Student Experience in the Research University--21st Century (SERU21) Project. Results of the First University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey
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Flacks, Richard; Thomson, Gregg; Douglass, John; Caspary, Kyra – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2004
During the spring of 2002 and 2003, a team of faculty and institutional researchers conducted an innovative web-based survey on the undergraduate experience at all eight undergraduate campuses of the University of California. This report provides the first formal presentation of preliminary findings from that survey and discusses potential areas…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Research Universities, Student Experience, Learning Experience