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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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ADHD and Adaptability: The Roles of Cognitive, Behavioural, and Emotional Regulation
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Burns, Emma; Martin, Andrew J. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2014
Adaptability has been recently proposed as cognitive, behavioural, and emotional regulation assisting individuals to effectively respond to change, uncertainty and novelty. Given students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have known impairments with regulatory functions, they may be at particular disadvantage as they seek to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Self Control, Student Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment)
Improving the Achievement, Motivation, and Engagement of Students with ADHD: The Role of Personal Best Goals and Other Growth-Based Approaches
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Martin, Andrew J. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2013
In light of recent evidence suggesting the academic benefits of personal best (PB) goals for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this article explores practical approaches to implementing PB goals in the counselling and classroom context. Beginning with a brief summary of how and why PB goals impact academic outcomes and…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Outcomes of Education, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Educational Objectives
Adaptability: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives on Responses to Change, Novelty and Uncertainty
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Martin, Andrew J.; Nejad, Harry; Colmar, Susan; Liem, Gregory Arief D. – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2012
Adaptability is proposed as individuals' capacity to constructively regulate psycho-behavioral functions in response to new, changing, and/or uncertain circumstances, conditions and situations. The present investigation explored the internal and external validity of an hypothesised adaptability scale. The sample comprised 2,731 high school…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Measures (Individuals), Validity, High School Students