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Stringaris, Argyris; Castellanos-Ryan, Natalie; Banaschewski, Tobias; Barker, Gareth J.; Bokde, Arun L.; Bromberg, Uli; Büchel, Christian; Fauth-Bühler, Mira; Flor, Herta; Frouin, Vincent; Gallinat, Juergen; Garavan, Hugh; Gowland, Penny; Heinz, Andreas; Itterman, Bernd; Lawrence, Claire; Nees, Frauke; Paillere-Martinot, Marie-Laure; Paus, Tomas; Pausova, Zdenka; Rietschel, Marcella; Smolka, Michael N.; Schumann, Gunter; Goodman, Robert; Conrod, Patricia – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2014
Background: It has been reported that mania may be associated with superior cognitive performance. In this study, we test the hypothesis that manic symptoms in youth separate along two correlated dimensions and that a symptom constellation of high energy and cheerfulness is associated with superior cognitive performance. Method: We studied 1755…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Youth Problems, Cognitive Ability, Hypothesis Testing
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Ferrari, Joseph R.; Haq, Arsalan; Williams, Shannon M. – College Student Journal, 2014
The present study explored perceptions of hope for social change through civic engagement. Psychology majors, active in campus clubs and organizations (n = 52; M age = 19 years old) completed survey measures predicting hopeful (agency and pathways) tendencies by positive personality qualities, such as positive perceptions of life, being…
Descriptors: Social Change, Citizen Participation, Psychology, Majors (Students)
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Atjonen, Päivi – Curriculum Journal, 2014
The main aim of this research was to analyse teachers' views of pupil assessment. The theoretical framework was based on existing literature on advances and challenges of pupil assessment in regard to support for learning, fairness, educational partnership, feedback, and favourable methods. The data were gathered by means of a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Choi, Youngsoo; Ro, Heejung – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2012
The development of positive attitudes in team-based work is important in management education. This study investigates hospitality students' attitudes toward group projects by examining instructional factors and team problems. Specifically, we examine how the students' perceptions of project appropriateness, instructors' support, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Student Attitudes, Teamwork, Positive Attitudes
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Theriot, Matthew T.; Lodato, Gayle A. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2012
This article describes the results of a study comparing attitudes toward mental illness and perceptions of professional danger among new social work students (n=64) and other university students (n=111). Such topics have implications for social work education and curriculum development but have not been studied adequately. Results from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mental Disorders, Social Work, Student Attitudes
Nesi, Olga M. – School Library Monthly, 2012
Following a Herculean effort by staff members at the author's school, students were reading more than ever and the reading culture was well on the way to changing for the better. While the author was excited beyond belief by this development, she was frustrated by the fact that students consistently reverted to summarizing when they were asked to…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Content Analysis, Positive Attitudes, Reading Attitudes
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Masuda, Avis M.; Ebersole, Michele M. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2013
This paper presents a 2-year study of pre-service teachers' understandings of and views toward literacy. Data were collected via pre-service teachers' 48-hour literacy log, reflections and lesson plans. Findings indicate that pre-service teachers' perceptions of literacy were initially bound by traditional views toward literacy, focusing solely on…
Descriptors: Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Practices
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Glock, Sabine; Kovacs, Carrie – Educational Psychology Review, 2013
Teachers' and preservice teachers' attitudes toward students are mental states that may contribute to teachers' judgments and students' achievement. However, in the past, educational research has mainly focused on explicit attitudes and has hardly considered the pivotal role of implicit attitudes in predicting behavior. Drawing…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Educational Attainment, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes
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Lloyd, Margaret – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
There is a song at the beginning of the musical, West Side Story, where the character Tony sings that "something's coming, something good." The song is an anthem of optimism, brimming with promise. This paper is about the long-held promise of information and communication technology (ICT) to transform teaching and learning, to modernise…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Resource Units
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De Silva, Nilani Ljunggren – European Journal of Education, 2013
The question of inclusive education is not straightforward. Despite all its good intentions, inclusive education, in practice faces numerous challenges today. This study analyses these challenges in the Swedish special education context. The author explores special educators' experiences, possibilities and challenges when applying inclusive…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Inclusion, Special Education
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Rigby, Ken; Bortolozzo, Giulio – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2013
Previous research has indicated that harm to the mental health of children who are repeatedly victimised by their peers at school can be ameliorated through social or emotional support provided by other students. In this study we examined whether student provictim attitudes are related to more basic attitudes to self and attitudes to others.…
Descriptors: Validity, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
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Agbuga, Bulent; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron – European Physical Education Review, 2013
Though considerable research on student attitudes has been conducted in physical education, little information exists concerning student attitudes toward after-school physical activity programmes. This study assessed students' attitudes toward their after-school physical activity programme located in southwest Texas, USA. Participants included 158…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Extracurricular Activities
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Wasko, Christopher – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
Augmented reality (AR) enhanced learning environments have been designed to teach a variety of subjects by having learners act like professionals in the field as opposed to students in a classroom. The environments, grounded in constructivist and situated learning theories, place students in a meaningful, non-classroom environment and force them…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Student Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning)
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Lench, Heather C.; Levine, Linda J.; Whalen, Carol K. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a commonly diagnosed childhood disorder associated with parent--child conflict and parental stress. This investigation explored whether parents' interpretation of symptomatic behavior predicted negative interactions with and perceptions of their child. Method: We recruited parents of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child Behavior, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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Burgut, F. Tuna; Polan, H. Jonathan – Academic Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To assure adequate treatment for patients with mental illness worldwide, medical schools must impart positive attitudes toward psychiatry. The authors examined the effect of culture on changes in attitudes toward psychiatry among medical students receiving the same psychiatry clerkship curriculum in two different countries. Methods: A…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Psychiatry
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