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Smist, J. M.; Barkman, R. C. – 1996
The goal of this research was to determine the effectiveness of a middle school science curriculum designed to inspire students to think about science through studying the patterns of humans. The curriculum focuses on human behavior, evolution, ecology, and performance and is based on the notion that pattern recognition is highly correlated with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Ecology, Educational Research, Evolution
Hanley, Mary Stone – 1995
This paper is an analysis of a project that involved African American middle school students in a drama program that was based on their lives and the stories of their community. Students were trained in performance skills, participated in the development of a script, and then performed the script in local schools. The 10 student participants, 5…
Descriptors: Alienation, Black Culture, Black Students, Constructivism (Learning)
Buhendwa, Frank M. – 1996
Instruments used in a study by M. B. Kinzie and M. A. Delacourt (1991), the Attitude towards Computer Technologies (ACT) and the Self-efficacy for Computer Technologies (SCT), assess preservice teachers' perceived usefulness of and comfort level with specific computer technologies. This study uses a population confirmed to be similar to that used…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Reeh, H. Elise; Reilly, Karen J. – 1995
Numerous theories have attempted to explain possible factors relating to an individual's propensity for engaging or failing to engage in preventative health behaviors. The Health Locus of Control (HLOC) is now considered to be an important variable for understanding an individual's likelihood for following health promoting behaviors. This paper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Health
Volkman, Beatrice K.; And Others – 1992
The study described in this report investigated the effects of field-based reflective practice on preservice teachers' sense of self-efficacy. Subjects in the study were 24 senior elementary majors participating in a 4-week field experience. Twelve students were assigned to the experimental school and 12 were assigned to two control schools. Each…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Cooperating Teachers, Education Majors, Educational Practices
Schunk, Dale H.; Rice, Jo Mary – 1993
The effects of strategy fading and progress feedback on children's achievement outcomes were investigated. Forty-four fifth graders with reading-skills deficiencies from 2 elementary schools received instruction on locating main ideas. Children were taught and verbalized a strategy, and some faded the verbalizations to inner speech. Half of the…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Grade 5
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Walker, Linda; Richardson, Gloria D. – 1993
This study was conducted to examine changes in the self-perceived efficacy of teacher education majors who were surveyed first as student teachers in 1992 and again as first-year teachers in 1993. The instrument used was a survey of 30 items related to the Mississippi Teacher Assessment Instrument competencies and indicators. Thirteen of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis
Bettenhausen, Sherrie; Rogers, Elisabeth Lodge – 1992
This investigation examined the relationship between personal efficacy ratings of preservice teachers seeking licensure in the area of emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and performance ratings by their practicum supervisors. Forty-five teachers completing the Emotional Behavioral Disorders practicum at the University of Minnesota were asked…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education
Short, Paula M.; Greer, John T. – 1993
This paper describes a national 3-year project, the Empowered School District Project, which was implemented in nine school districts to empower school participants. This paper focuses on the efforts to empower students by helping them become independent, lifelong learners. The project was implemented in nine schools--five elementary and four high…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Power
Smith, Robert W. – 1991
This study was conducted to examine the influences of prior school experience on student teachers' thinking. It includes descriptions of students' prior school experiences and an intervention in which students were asked to reflect on and re-evaluate those experiences. Beliefs about education, learning, self worth, abilities, and the development…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Biographical Inventories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Vispoel, Walter P.; Chen, Ping – 1990
Currently available measures of self-efficacy described in educational and psychological research literature were cataloged and reviewed after a literature search. To identify and locate these measures, searches of "Psychological Abstracts" and the ERIC system were conducted using self-efficacy and related keywords. Results of the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Research, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
Kinzie, Mable B.; Delcourt, Marcia A. B. – 1991
The development and validation of two instruments which measure attitudes and self-efficacy of teacher education students and practicing teachers toward computer use are described. One instrument--Attitudes toward Computer Technologies (ACT)--assesses perceived usefulness of and comfort/anxiety with computer technologies. The second…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Computer Literacy, Computers
van Kraayenoord, Christina E.; And Others – 1989
A study examined reading performance, metacognitive knowledge about reading, awareness of the conventions about print, perceptions of reading ability, and causal attributions for success and failure in reading of children with reading difficulties in Year 2 in Australia. One hundred children from the Brisbane region were involved in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Longitudinal Studies, Metacognition
Thomas, Arthur H.; And Others – 1989
Competence in interpersonal communication skills has been emphasized as a necessity among human service professionals and this emphasis has resulted in an increasing number of counseling psychology and counselor education programs including a course in interpersonal skills training as part of their curriculum. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competence, Counselor Training, Graduate Students
Shucard, Sharon B.; Hillman, Stephen B. – 1990
This study investigated the cognitive styles, attributions, and self-evaluations of 40 gifted girls and 40 gifted boys, grades 6 through 8. Informational attributional ratings for task difficulty, luck, ability, and effort were studied in the context of: (1) an individual non-competitive goal structure; (2) a competitive goal structure; (3)…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, Competition
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