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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...
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 present design examined teachers' use of expository text during the dedicated block of time devoted to literacy instruction. Teachers and students were participating in an instructional intervention (Individualizing Student...
An important goal of teacher education programs is to encourage preservice teachers to develop their understanding of student learning and instruction. One way to determine the possible impact of teacher education programs on preservice...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the expectation of pain and pre-competitive anxiety. Male and female collegiate participants (N = 89) completed a set of surveys which tested pain expectations ...
Current educational reform efforts are focused on enhancing school and teacher accountability as a means of improving student learning. One policy initiative resulting from these efforts is the inclusion of outcome-based teacher...
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the proposed model that perfectionism, perceived stress, and participation in coaching activities predicts burnout with coach status as a moderating variable. Male and female coaches (n=177) over...
This study occurred within the context of the professional development program, Great Expectations of Oklahoma (GE). This dissertation study investigated the extent to which participating teachers implemented the GE training. A...
Effects of Levels of Instructional Assistance on Learning and Mental Effort in an Intelligent Tutoring System: Proportional Reasoning and Middle School Students
People need varying levels of assistance - specifically, solution-oriented information provided during practice - when learning how to solve problems. This study examined the effects of different levels of problem-solving assistance on...
The experimental design utilized in this study tested the phenomenon of trash talk as the pivotal component under investigation. Madden™ NFL 08 Football video-game players (N = 40; Mean age = 20.68, SD = 2.00) were randomly assigned to...
This study was an initial investigation of the relationship between self-presentational concern and chronic injury. An experiment with two manipulations was conducted to determine how situational self-presentational concerns affected...
Physical activity participation rates in the US have been in steady decline for the last 25 years, so much so that 60% of youth ages 9-13 get no physical activity outside of school (Alliance for a Healthier Generation, 2006). This state...
A Helicopter Rescue Swimmer is one of the most physically and mentally demanding jobs in the United States Coast Guard (USCG). In order to become a USCG Helicopter Rescue Swimmer, interested candidates must successfully complete a...
Emotions, cognitive appraisals, and coping processes were investigated during a solo and ensemble performance time line. Seven musicians within the age range of 20 - 34 participated in this study. They completed the Competitive State...
This study examined radical awareness among college students who learned Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). Radicals are subcomponents of characters. They follow positional constraints and they have meaning-cueing and pronunciation...
Heritage Language Learners' Perceptions of Taking Spanish Language Classes: Investigating Perceptions of Skill-Specific Anxieties, Self-Efficacies, and Ethnic Identity
This mixed-methods study investigated heritage language and foreign language learning students' skill-specific (i.e., speaking listening, reading, and writing) language learning anxieties and self-efficacies associated with Spanish...
This study investigated differences in students' levels of foreign language anxiety, students' levels of intercultural sensitivity, and students' perceptions of their foreign language teachers' ability to effectively teach the target...
This study investigates the nature of interactions among native and nonnative speakers of English. The research design is qualitative and uses a microgenetic analysis approach to study collaborative dialogue. The research questions focus...
The purpose of the research was to study graphing calculator technology access issues for high school mathematics students. The level of graphing calculator access at a school was studied in relation to the percent of students deemed...
Extensive research has provided much evidence for an attention-based model of time estimation (Zakay, 1992; Zakay, 1993a; Zakay 1993b; Zakay, 1998; Zakay, Nitzan, & Glicksohn, 1983; Zakay & Tsal, 1989); however, limited research on time...
The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual framework for studying a common sport phenomenon called Trash Talk (TT). Previous research findings reveal that alteration of emotional state affects both motivation (Boutcher, 1993;...
In the last two decades, the link between emotions and performance has received increased attention (Hanin, 2000a). While competitive anxiety has been examined in the domain of sport, performance anxiety has also been investigated in the...
Non-formal education programs that target women with little or no formal education living in resource-poor and marginalized communities of emerging nations are among the strategies adopted with increasing frequency to promote human...
Improving Student Learning in Large Lecture Classes at a State University via the Use of Electronic Response Systems and Two Different Questioning Strategies
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a no peer-discussion strategy and a peer discussion strategy on student learning and attitudes in two large lecture sections of an undergraduate macroeconomics class using informal...
Previous studies exploring teachers' perceptions of creativity and giftedness yield inconsistent results. In attempts to evaluate the confidence that can be placed among the existing research literature, a rubric was developed which...
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