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Lietz, Petra; Matthews, Bobbie – Research in Higher Education, 2010
Many studies of changes in learning approaches have used data from different age groups at one point in time only (Gow and Kember, High Educ 19:307-322, 1990; Watkins and Hattie, Br J Educ Psychol 51:384-393, 1981) or have analyzed the effects of just two or three factors using single level analytical techniques (Cano, Br J Educ Psychol…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Values, Teaching Methods
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da Silva, Lisa; Sanson, Ann; Smart, Diana; Toumbourou, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
The development of civic responsibility is considered to be an important component of healthy adolescent development. However, the study of its development has been relatively neglected and few studies have attempted to ground understanding of its development in a theoretical framework. The present study operationalized civic responsibility as…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Causal Models, Service Learning, Adolescents
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Data from the national Youth in Transition Study for 1,456 high school students and recent graduates indicate that reported grade averages in grades 11 and 12 are significantly affected by academic self-concept measured the previous year. Results demonstrate the influence of academic self-concept on subsequent academic achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Correlation, Foreign Countries