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School library media specialists have a flexible role within the structure of a school's environment, which allows for a unique opportunity to promote students' reading motivation. This study qualitatively explored school library media...
The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of the affect and gender of pedagogical agents as learning companions (PALs) on learning, interest, self-efficacy, and agent persona. Two experiments were conducted to examine PALs'...
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) consistently have deficits in performing adaptive behaviors (Kenworthy et al., 2010; Perry et al., 2009; Pugliese et al., 2017), which are skills needed to care for oneself, have social...
The purpose of this research study is to develop the Eating Behaviors and Attitudes Inventory (EBAI) as a diagnostic tool and educational device. The EBAI is an instrument that measures women's ability to self-regulate eating behaviors...
College student veterans may experience a variety of challenges as they transition from military life to student life, including adjusting to the academic environment, coping with mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety, ...
In recent years, a considerable amount of research has been conducted to delineate the effects of attentional focus on task performance (e.g., Wulf, 2007a). From this research, external focus has been shown to be beneficial to both motor...
This study employed a pretest-posttest control group experimental design to investigate the impact of self-explanation prompts on content learning in the game-based context. Additionally, it explored the effectiveness of different...
Effects of Process-Oriented and Product-Oriented Worked Examples and Prior Knowledge on Learner Problem Solving and Attitude: A Study in the Domain of Microeconomics
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of process-oriented and product-oriented worked example strategies and the mediating effect of prior knowledge (high versus low) on problem solving and learner attitude in...
The present study examined Reversal theory (RT), which explains the personality and motivations of individuals as they engage in activity or competition. RT is concerned with two metamotivational states, the telic state and the paratelic...
Value-Added Models (VAMs) require consistent longitudinal data that includes student test scores coming from sequential years. However, longitudinal data is usually incomplete for several reasons, including year-to-year changes in...
Prior research has documented a general decline in children's learning value and self-concept (i.e., expectation for success), beginning in the first years of school. Students who demonstrated patterns of low academic value and low...
Black Students from At-Risk to Thriving At-Possibility: An Exploration of Multi-Systemic Ecological Factors Associated with the Academic Resilience of Black Male High School Students
America’s problem with high school students discontinuing enrollment or dropping out of school still persists despite reported increases in the nation’s graduation rates over the past few years. Black males have statistically had the...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) impacts one in every 59 children in the United States of America (CDC, 2018). Not only does ASD affect the life of the child, but it also impacts the lives of the child's caretakers. Parental stress related...
An Investigation of the Effects of Model-Centered Instruction in Individual and Collaborative Contexts: The Case of Acquiring Instructional Design Expertise
This study investigated the effect of model-centered instruction (MCI) in both individual and collaborative contexts. The study focuses on learning effectiveness in acquiring instructional design knowledge, developing mental model of...
Multivariate meta-analysis methods typically assume the dependence of effect sizes. One type of experimental-design study that generates dependent effect sizes is the multiple-endpoint study. While the generalized least squares (GLS)...
The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge and insight into how student- and school-level factors impact mathematics performance. Within the school and student systems, there are numerous variables that can have significant impacts...
Aging is associated with a decline in cognitive and psychomotor functions, resulting in difficulties with daily activities such as driving. Cognitive function has been found to be associated with arterial stiffening. These age-related...
After firstly investigating the correlations among students' omniscient authority beliefs, students' perceived teacher-directedness, and students' intra-group communication behaviors, this research explored the cultural differences...
Previous research by Biddle (1994) has shown that a great deal of attributional research has focused on athlete's performance outcomes, while only few investigations were aimed toward athlete's responses during athletic competition. In...
Computational thinking is increasingly recognized as an important skill set to learn for people living in the 21st century, and the middle school years comprise a critical stage to introduce children to computational thinking. Video game...
Computational thinking (CT) is an essential 21st century skill for people to succeed in the increasingly technological (and interconnected) world. Researchers have explored different interventions to teach students CT skills (e.g., ...
The majority of college students do not read assigned academic materials. This becomes a problem, as long-term mastery and performance outcomes decrease when students merely memorize the material for a test. The goal of this randomized...
Self-objectification and social physique anxiety (SPA) were investigated in relation to exercise behaviors. A theoretical model was developed that viewed SPA as a mediating variable between self-objectification and protective/ permissive...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate Preservice Teachers' (PT) reasons for teaching and their beliefs about teaching. Specific reasons of PTs for entering the teaching career, and typologies (clusters) of PTs based on...
How do children's career aspirations come to reflect the social inequalities among their elders? One theorist, Linda S. Gottfredson, 1996 was interested in explaining how at-risk children come to define themselves professionally and...
The Effects of the Assessor and Assessee's Roles on Preservice Teachers' Metacognitive Awareness, Performance, and Attitude in a Technology-Related Design Task
Considerable attention has been directed toward the value of peer assessment where learning is enhanced through maximizing the opportunities for students to share their work with others in the assessment process. Although previous...
The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of ARCS-based motivational email messages (MVEMs) on student participation in a free online English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) course. The course consisted of 10...
Modification of Perceived Enjoyment, Exertion and Performance Among Novice and Experienced Exercisers: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Perceptual Change
Regular exercise has been found to be efficacious in the prevention of a variety of diseases, and in maintenance of physical health. Nonetheless, a large number of individuals do not engage in regular exercise. As a result, improving...
Computational thinking (CT) is an analytical thinking approach to solving daily problems by utilizing fundamental concepts of computer science. In the past decade, CT has been regarded as an essential life skill to be taught to everyone, ...
Virtual reality (VR) has been considered as a promising platform for teacher education or teacher training. While the current literature has reported the benefits of VR, researchers suggest that scaffolding should be provided to make...
Over the past decade, the majority of research on perceived effort in children has emanated from a physiological perspective and has generally focused on the development of RPE scales for children. Although Tenenbaum (1999, 2001) and...
The Effects of High-Structure Cooperative versus Low-Structure Collaborative Design on Online Debate in Terms of Decision Making, Critical Thinking, and Interaction Pattern
The current study investigates and compares the effects of high-structure cooperative and low-structure collaborative design on online debate, in terms of decision making, critical thinking, and interaction patterns. The terms ...
The present study investigated the effect of 4 six-week exercise interventions on psychological health in the elderly. Participants (M age = 83; N = 42) were randomly assigned to one of four groups: yoga, aerobics, walking, and social...
Previous published investigations into the relationship between the menstrual cycle and sport behavior have focused on physiological variables associated with incidence of injury, specifically ACL laxity. More recent research has begun...
This was an empirically based study that examined the prevalence of social interaction anxiety, worry, state anxiety, and trait anxiety in individuals with a nut allergy. Three different groups were used, the first being the 'nut allergy...
The purpose of this study was to explore career paths satisfaction based on chaos theory. Phase I of the analysis provided information about the relationships among the predictor variables of opportunity, congruence, ability, and social...
Background. While a large body of research has examined eating disorders (EDs) from a pathological perspective, little is known about factors that facilitate the recovery process. Objective. The purpose of the current study is to...
Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) has drawn interest from many researchers recently. In doing MASEM, researchers usually first synthesize correlation matrices across studies using meta-analysis techniques and then...
University instructors often lack the knowledge and skills to effectively facilitate learning and teaching in the online environment. Instructors in higher education institutions (HEIs) have faced common challenges to online teaching, ...
Estimating a treatment effect is problematic when selection bias exists. This dissertation sought to elucidate the problem of estimating the treatment effect size of the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) policy when selection bias exists....
The present study further informs theories of EI, resilience, and academic success in youth. A critical review of the literature on EI and resilience addressing the similarities between these constructs and the current state of the...
While an ever-increasing amount of literature exists regarding various aspects of ADHD, the relationship of functional impairments to important life and social skills, as well as professional functionality remains relatively unexplored....
Online instructors utilize instructional strategies to mitigate challenges that arise from transactional distance. These strategies can also facilitate establishing instructor social presence and identity, which is a common concern in...
It is beneficial for Chinese English-learners to improve their communicative competence through being taught in a communicative-based class (especially with the use of task-based language teaching, Nuevo, 2006). However, previous studies...
A study was designed to explore a proposed conceptual scheme linking the concepts of perceived exertion, flow, and the attention strategies of association and dissociation. The purpose of the current study was to: 1) examine whether...
This study attempted to investigate the effect of a shower intervention on mood following different kinds of distraction from daily activity, such as reading, exercising, or sitting quietly. The Profile of Mood States was used in a pre...
Creating a positive college environment regarding body image concerns is warranted given their strong association with eating disorders (EDs) and the alarming rates of EDs on college campuses. There is also a growing need to universally...
The aim of the present study was to further the conceptual understanding of exertion-pain anxiety. Specifically, the purposes were to induce exertion-pain anxiety, evaluate the effect of wait times on exertion-pain anxiety, and...
The Effects of Guided Imagery and HRV Biofeedback Training on Psychological Variables and Post-Operative Outcome Measures of Orthopaedic Surgical Patients
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is comprised of a range of therapeutic modalities and atypical practices which have been found to successfully accompany standard medical care. Interventions such as guided imagery and stress...
The purpose of this study was to explore and better capture the concept of choking under pressure by operationally redefining it. Choking was examined using a Bayesian approach to internal psychological crisis and the evaluation of the...
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