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Multidimensional Scaling with Intelligence and Academic Achievement Scores
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Emily M. Meyer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School psychologists use intelligence and academic achievement test scores to understand individual differences in abilities that may be directed towards learning and the learning that has already occurred. To make ethical and effective decisions regarding individualized educational programs and interventions, test users must understand the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence, Multidimensional Scaling, School Psychologists
Do the Ends Strengthen the Means? An Examination of the Link between Purpose in Life and Academic Misconduct among College Students
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Yu, Hongwei; Glanzer, Perry; Johnson, Byron – Journal of College and Character, 2016
Scholarship addressing academic misconduct has started to examine the relationship between academic misconduct and student virtues such as self-control. To date, however, no one has studied the relationship between academic misconduct and life purpose. To address this gap, the authors drew upon a large sample of 2,503 college students and used the…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Values
Finnish Secondary School Students' Interreligious Sensitivity
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Holm, Kristiina; Nokelainen, Petri; Tirri, Kirsi – British Journal of Religious Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to assess the self-evaluations of Finnish secondary school students' (N?=?549) interreligious sensitivity. The data were collected from 12-16-year-old young people with a 15-item Interreligious Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (IRRSSQ). The IRRSSQ is based on Abu-Nimer's Developmental Model of Interreligious Sensitivity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Religion, Religious Factors
The Assessment of the Perception of the Academic Self Efficacy of Turkish Education Graduate Students
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Gocer, Ali – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The purpose of this research is to determine the perception of the academic self efficacy of Turkish Education graduate students. This study applied qualitative research approach and interview method. Master's students of Erciyes University, Institute of Education Science were chosen as a sample for the purpose, using clustering method. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Graduate Students, Qualitative Research
PBL and Critical Thinking Disposition in Chinese Medical Students--A Randomized Cross-Sectional Study
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Du, XiangYun; Emmersen, Jeppe; Toft, Egon; Sun, Baozhi – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of problem-based learning (PBL) and the development of critical thinking disposition (CT) and academic achievement in Chinese medical students using a cross-sectional randomized design. Medical students from China Medical University (CMU) were randomized to PBL or non-PBL teaching at the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Medical Students, Asians, Medical Education
Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last? Exploring the Relations between Ethical Conduct, Motivation and Satisfaction among Undergraduates in the Domains of Academics and Athletics
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Yukhymenko, Mariya A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explored patterns of the ethical conduct of collegiate students in academic and athletic domains employing social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986, 1997) using non-experimental, comparative and correlational designs. The study explored response patterns on anonymous surveys between varsity (N = 1151) and non-varsity (N = 227)…
Descriptors: Ethics, Athletics, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement