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Akers, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Correctional education's primary goal is to reduce recidivism and increase employment among ex-offenders. The Bureau of Prison's practical goal in its mandatory GED program is to maximize the number of inmates obtaining the GED in a given time period. The purpose of this research is to model the number of instructional hours an inmate requires to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, High School Equivalency Programs, Criminals
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Hrbackova, Karla; Vavrova, Sona – International Education Studies, 2015
The study deals with self-regulation in children and minors (aged 11 to 19 years) living in so-called "total institutions". It examines the degree of self-regulation of behaviour from the perspective of the children and minors themselves and from the perspective of their key workers. Children and minors and their key workers differ…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Self Management, Adolescent Attitudes, Behavior Modification
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Vahey, Nigel A.; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne; Stewart, Ian – Psychological Record, 2009
The study examined the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure's (IRAP) validity as a computerized response-latency-based measure of implicit self-esteem. University undergraduates and 2 sets of convicted prisoners participated. One set of prisoners resided in the main block, and the other in a privileged lower security "open area" of a…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Association Measures, Self Esteem, Reaction Time