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Betz, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Climate scientists agree that (a) human activity is a significant driver of recent climate change, and (b) climate change is a danger to humanity. However, the general public accepts the former point, but rejects the latter. Thus, climate experts and the general public diverge in their understanding of the relationship between humans and climate…
Descriptors: Climate, Correlation, Environment, Intuition
Beeman, Jennifer Leigh Sloan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research has found that students successfully complete an introductory course in statistics without fully comprehending the underlying theory or being able to exhibit statistical reasoning. This is particularly true for the understanding about the sampling distribution of the mean, a crucial concept for statistical inference. This study…
Descriptors: Sampling, Cognitive Style, Preferences, Intuition
Clark, Marilyn Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The primary purpose of this study was to examine how African American women in corporations develop leadership and construct their leadership style through informal and incidental learning experiences. This study explored relationships between informal adult learning and career mapping processes of leadership for African American women. A…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Incidental Learning, African Americans, Females
Parker, Catherine Frieda – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A possible contributing factor to students' difficulty in learning advanced mathematics is the conflict between students' "natural" learning styles and the formal structure of mathematics, which is based on definitions, theorems, and proofs. Students' natural learning styles may be a function of their intuition and language skills. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Definitions, Intuition, Writing Skills, Language Skills
Vrugtman, Rosanne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study utilized confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), canonical correlation analysis (CCA), regression analysis (RA), and correlation analysis (CA) for first-round validation of the researcher's Dimensions of Intuition (DOI) instrument. The DOI examined 25 personal characteristics and situations purportedly predictive of intuition. Data was…
Descriptors: Intuition, Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis