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Wood, Dustin; Rogers, Katherine H. – American Psychologist, 2011
Comments on an article by Rentfrow. The existence of real differences in personality-related characteristics across geographical regions is becoming increasingly clear. The current authors believe that the research reviewed by Rentfrow (September 2010) linking U.S. state averages of self-reported responses to personality surveys to a wide variety…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Geographic Regions, Differences, Regional Characteristics
Cornish, Linley; Jenkins, Kathy Ann – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
Learning to become a teacher is a developmental process, part of which is learning to become a reflective practitioner. The authors have implemented a structured approach to developing the habits of critical reflection, the purpose of which is to guide their university students (who are pre-service teachers) to progress through the stages of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods
Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2013
Historically, educational policymakers have focused on and invested heavily in accountability testing of "learning" to leverage improvement in student learning. Through accountability testing, policy makers aim to communicate standards, establish performance goals, provide data through which educators can analyze and improve school…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Science Education, Academic Standards, Models
Aikens, Curtis G., Sr. – Online Submission, 2013
It is not what one has in life; rather, what is left as the legacy. Personally I have received many awards. However, I feel so much better when I help people receive their own awards. Now, I want to use positive language and positive action to help motivate young people, encouraging them to achieve their own success, as well as foster success in…
Descriptors: Motivation, Teaching Methods, College Students, Focus Groups
Crow, Sherry R.; Kastello, Lisa – School Library Research, 2016
This paper is based on two studies conducted in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2008 and in Kampala, Uganda, in 2014. The basic research question addressed in both studies was: "What are the experiences in the lives of upper elementary-aged children that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information?" The secondary question was:…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Motivation, Information Seeking, Personality
Neuman, Ari; Guterman, Oz – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2016
Home education is a phenomenon in which children of varying ages are educated at home rather than in a formal school environment. This phenomenon is becoming increasingly widespread throughout the western world. Research in this field is divided between studying pedagogic aspects and holistic aspects of home education. A group of 30 home educating…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Constructivism (Learning), Parent Attitudes, Mothers
Love, Douglas – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The literature places great importance on lifelong learning, but leaves its meaning open to a wide range of interpretations. Much is written about lifelong learning after leaving school with little about business college preparation of lifelong learners. This is the departure point for the study's providing one college's operational definition of…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Lifelong Learning, Reputation, Definitions
Han, Hsiao-Cheng – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2015
This research is an empirical study using gamified pedagogy in a 3-D animation course in a Visual Communication Design Department. By conducting this research, I hope to increase student interest in learning 3-D animation and to decrease student fears of learning professional 3-D software. Through this research, I have developed a theory of…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Games, Teaching Methods, Animation
Fengyan, Wang; Hong, Zheng – Online Submission, 2012
This paper presents a new concept of wisdom, which integrates intelligence and morality as its two constituent elements. According to our definition, wisdom is a mental capacity of combining intelligence with moral virtue in the process of gaining knowledge and acting. Possessing this integrated quality, an individual would be able to act wisely…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Moral Values, Metacognition, Emotional Intelligence
Copriady, Jimmi – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
The aim of this study is to examine teachers' motivation as a great mediator for teachers' readiness in applying ICT in their teaching and learning. Apart from that, this study was carried out to differentiate the influence of exsogenous variables from the endogenous variables based on the academic fields (pure science and social science). This is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Motivation, Technology Uses in Education
El Massah, Suzanna Sobhy; Fadly, Dalia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The study uses data drawn from a senior finance major cohort of 78 female undergraduates at Zayed University (ZU)-UAE to investigate factors, which increase the likelihood of achieving better academic performance in an Islamic finance course based on information about socioeconomic background of female students. The paper aims to discuss…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Females, Academic Achievement
Silver, Debbie – Corwin, 2012
As teachers and parents, our job is to teach students to tackle challenges rather than avoid them. Award-winning teacher and best-selling author Debbie Silver addresses the relationship between student motivation and risking failure, calling failure a temporary "glitch" that provides valuable learning opportunities. She explains motivational…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Success, Failure, Lifelong Learning
Tolma, Eleni; Batterton, Chasity; Hamm, Robert M.; Thompson, David; Engelman, Kimberly K. – American Journal of Health Education, 2012
Background: Breast cancer is an important public health issue within the American Indian (AI) community in Oklahoma; however, there is limited information to explain the low screening mammography rates among AI women. Purpose: To identify the motivational factors affecting an AI woman's decision to obtain a mammogram. Methods: Through the use of…
Descriptors: Health Education, Females, American Indians, Public Health
Blackwell, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The main purpose of this qualitative research was to discover the effects of problem-based learning on a fifth grade language arts classroom. The secondary purpose was to examine how receptive fifth grade students were to a new way of learning. In this descriptive study, a group of nine students created an alternate reality game as part of a…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Language Arts, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Nixon, Januwoina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the phenomenological inquiry was to uncover the lived experiences of at-risk adult students in historically black colleges and universities. The intent was to provide an in-depth understanding of what these at-risk students face as they enter and matriculate at college, either for the first time or as returning students. The ten…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, At Risk Students, Adult Students, Black Colleges