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Self-Regulation Mediates Effects of Adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Anxiety among College Students
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E. L. Cary; D. Bergen-Cico; S. Sinegar; M. K. A. Schutt; E. C. Helminen; J. C. Felver – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reduces anxiety among undergraduate students; however, there is limited evidence demonstrating mechanistic underpinnings. Theoretical models implicate cognitive self-regulation as a mechanism. This study explored whether an adapted MBSR embedded in a college course reduced anxiety and if…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Anxiety
The Eight Hour Sleep Challenge during Final Exams Week
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Scullin, Michael K. – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
Many students and educators know that sleep is important to learning, yet there exists a gap between their knowledge and behavior. For example, fewer than 10% of students sleep 8 hr before final exams. In the context of two undergraduate courses on sleep (N = 34), students could earn extra credit if they averaged =8.0 hr of sleep during final…
Descriptors: Sleep, Undergraduate Students, Tests, Course Descriptions
Health-Focused Course Content Is Associated with Altered Health Behaviours in Undergraduate University Students
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Guelfi, Kym J.; Ong, Ming Jing; Peeling, Peter – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: To examine whether the completion of a course of study relating to preventive health and lifestyle risk factors was associated with alterations in health behaviours. Design: Within-group intervention, repeated-measures design. Setting: Health behaviours of university students studying a course focused on health and well-being. Method:…
Descriptors: Health Education, Course Content, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits
Climate Change Education: The Role of Pre-Tertiary Science Curricula in Ghana
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Boakye, Cecilia – SAGE Open, 2015
The study found out the role that some selected science curricula of the pre-tertiary level of education in Ghana played with respect to climate change education. Content analysis was used to analyze four science curricula of the pre-tertiary levels of education in Ghana, namely, the curriculum for primary, Grades 1 to 3 (age = 6-9 years);…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, High School Students, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Helping Students Manage Their Energy: Taking Their Pulse with the Energy Audit
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Spreitzer, Gretchen M.; Grant, Traci – Journal of Management Education, 2012
This article introduces a tool to help students learn to better manage their energy. The tool asks students to assess their energy levels for each waking hour over at least 2 days in order to identify patterns of activities associated with high energy and with depleted energy. The article describes how to use the tool in the classroom by…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Self Management, Stress Management, Time Management
Academic Staff Training at a Distance--A Case Study.
Elton, Lewis; And Others – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
Describes a course which provides training opportunities for academic staff who wish to acquire professional orientation toward their teaching functions. Course origins, current practices, and an independent course evaluation are described. Tentative conclusions are drawn concerning distance academic staff training and ways distance study can…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Course Content