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Bergstrom, Cassendra M.; Pugh, Kevin J.; Phillips, Michael M.; Machlev, Moshe – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
Conflicting research results have stirred controversy over the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) compared to direct instruction at fostering content learning, particularly for novices. We addressed this by investigating effectiveness with respect to recognition learning and transfer and conducting an aptitude-treatment interaction…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average
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Foukal, Martha D.; Lawrence, Edith C.; Williams, Joanna L. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2016
Being a youth mentor is popular among college students, yet little is known about how their initial characteristics are related to mentoring satisfaction. Survey data from college women enrolled in a youth mentoring program (n = 158) and a comparison group (n = 136) were analyzed to determine how initial characteristics of youth mentors (a) differ…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, College Students, Satisfaction
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Prow, Rachael M.; Worrell, Frank C.; Andretta, James R.; Mello, Zena R. – Berkeley Review of Education, 2016
The purpose of the study was to use model-based clustering to identify adolescent time attitude profiles in a sample of students from an urban high school using Adolescent Time Inventory-Time Attitude (ATI-TA) scores and to examine the association of ATI-TA profiles with demographic variables and grade point average (GPA). Three ATI-TA profiles…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High School Students, Profiles, Gender Differences
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Sy, Susan R.; Fong, Kristen; Carter, Rebecca; Boehme, Julia; Alpert, Amy – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2012
This study compares first-generation and continuing-generation female college students in terms of: (a) level of parents' emotional and informational support; (b) level of students' stress; and (c) the relationship between both types of parent support and students' stress during the transition to college. We collected survey data from an…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Females, Stress Variables
Morales, Natalie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study investigated high school students' and teachers' perceptions of academic self perception, environmental perceptions, goal valuation, and motivation/self-regulation as factors affecting students' academic achievement. A two-way MANOVA was conducted to determine if high school students' gender and academic programs,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Attitude Measures, Self Concept
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Wegner, Eldon L.; Garcia-Santiago, Orlando; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Hishinuma, Earl S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether school experiences, school performance, and other risk-protective factors were related to violence among Hawaiian, Filipino, and Samoan youths residing in Hawai'i. This study analyzed survey data (N = 325) collected in three high schools having concentrations of Filipino, Hawaiian, and Samoan…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Grade Point Average, School Attitudes
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Nonis, Sarath A.; Philhours, Melodie J.; Hudson, Gail I. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2006
What are students doing with their time? Existing research mostly has focused on time used for study and/or work in relation to academic outcomes. This study uses a diary approach to explore business and marketing students' time use encompassing all student activities, not just study or work. A clustering procedure resulted in two meaningful…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Diaries, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education