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An Examination of Reflective Thinking, Learning Approaches, and Self-Efficacy Beliefs at the University of the South Pacific: A Path Analysis Approach
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Phan, Huy P. – Educational Psychology, 2007
This study examined the causal and mediating relations between students' learning approaches, self-efficacy beliefs, stages of reflective thinking, and academic performance. Second-year undergraduate students (n = 241; 118 females, 123 males) in the South Pacific were administered the revised version of Biggs' Study Process Questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Assessing the Impact of the National Science Foundation's Urban Systematic Initiative on Student Achievement: Closing the Gap in Four USI Sites.
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Borman, Kathryn; Boydston, Theodore; Kang, Ellen; Katzenmeyer, William G.; Kersiant, Gladis; Lee, Reginald; Mehta, Nikhil; Moriarty, Karen O. – 2002
This paper describes the data sources and method used in conducting a 3-year evaluation of the Urban Systemic Initiative (USI) of the National Science Foundation in four cities. The paper also provides a discussion of two approaches to analyzing the evaluation results: structural equation modeling (SEM) and a complementary analysis of the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Path Analysis
A Cost-Effectiveness Comparison of Two Approaches to Life Skills Training
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Swisher, John D.; Smith, Edward A.; Vicary, Judith R.; Bechtel, Lori J.; Hopkins, Abigail M. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2004
This study compared the cost-effectiveness of Life Skills Training (LST) to a LST curriculum infusion approach (I-LST) and to control schools. Male and female seventh graders from nine rural schools (3 in each condition) were followed for two years. Path models were used to test the main effect and were modeled separately for males and females.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Cost Effectiveness