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Aremu-Ogundeji, Abimbola – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the cognitive adaptation processes of African immigrant women who are professionals. Theories of transformational learning and social cognitive theory were employed to examine cognitive restructuring motivated by learning among women immigrants. The research investigated underlying agentic perspectives and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Immigrants, Females, Sampling
Lyons, Gregory L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In contrast to Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI), there are far fewer meta-analyses evaluating Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs) (Schreibman et al., 2015). Indeed, Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)--a prominent NDBI--lacks meta-analytic studies. In the context of developing a line of research on the…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Young Children, Autism, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Lin, Ya-Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research investigated the relationship between cognitive flexibility and openness to change and their effects on academic performance among college students at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. Using a quantitative purposeful sampling strategy, data were collected in classroom settings from 770 undergraduate voluntary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Personality Traits
Odom, Jerry David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the differences between two groups of learners across four specified learner variables. The two groups were students using mobile phones and students without the use of mobile phones in youth Bible studies in selected Southern Baptist churches. The four learner variables were cognitive test…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Biblical Literature
Clark, Doris A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The perceptions of nursing faculty teaching critical thinking (CT) affective attributes and cognitive skills are described in this quantitative, descriptive study. The study sample consisted of nurse educators from the National League of Nursing database. The purpose of the study was to gain nursing faculty perception of which teaching strategies…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods
Arnold, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research examined the emotion recognition abilities of preschoolers with and without hyperactivity and aggression. Previous research identified that school age children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have more difficulty understanding facial expressions associated with emotions, take longer than their age-matched peers…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Video Technology, Preschool Children, Psychological Patterns