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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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Profiling Teacher/Teaching Using Descriptors Derived from Qualitative Feedback: Formative and Summative Applications
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Pan, Daphne; Tan, Gary S. H.; Ragupathi, Kiruthika; Booluck, Krishna; Roop, Rita; Ip, Yuen K. – Research in Higher Education, 2009
Considerable work has been done on student evaluation of teaching/teachers, but reservations remain about its use for summative purposes. Student ratings are not universally accepted as being reliable, nor can they provide really meaningful information. Qualitative comments can provide a better understanding but they tend not to be user-friendly…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics
Joint Determination of College Student Achievement and Effort: Implications for College Teaching.
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Erekson, O. Homer – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A four-equation simultaneous equations model was developed to analyze whether college student effort and achievement are jointly determined. Testing with 544 undergraduate students indicated that increased student efforts in working with faculty improved their grades, but course effort and library effort had no significant effect on grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Instruction, Grade Point Average
Academic Help-Seeking in the University Setting: The Effects of Motivational Set, Attributional Style, and Help Source Characteristics.
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Magnusson, Jamie-Lynn; Perry, Raymond P. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated college students' (n=226) academic help-seeking behavior under task-involved and ego-involved classroom conditions, students' attributions for failure, and two types of help source (instrumental, in which the student finds his own solution, and executive, in which a solution is disclosed). Implications for classroom teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Students' Motivational Goals and Beliefs about Effort and Ability as They Relate to College Academic Success.
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Livengood, Janice M. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study of 125 first-year students at Peabody College (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee) investigated psychological processes underlying college success. Results indicated students' rules of reasoning about effort and ability, motivational goals, and confidence in their intelligence were strongly related to types of participation in college and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Beliefs, College Freshmen