Personality traits’ effects on self-efficacy and outcome expectations for high school major choice     

Dikla Brown  Rachel Gali Cinamon 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2016,16(3):343-361

The current study focuses on the contribution of the Big Five personality traits to the development of self-efficacy and outcome expectations regarding selection of a high school major among 368 Israeli adolescents (M _age = 16.07, SD = 0.41). Structural equation analyses showed that higher levels of conscientiousness and extraversion and lower neuroticism contributed to higher self-efficacy. In contrast, higher levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism and lower extraversion contributed to higher outcome expectations. These findings expand our understanding regarding personality characteristics serving as antecedents of self-efficacy and outcome expectations and sets important implications for career interventions with adolescents.  相似文献   

Vocabulary Use by Low, Moderate, and High ASL-Proficient Writers Compared to Hearing ESL and Monolingual Speakers     

Singleton JL  Morgan D  DiGello E  Wiles J  Rivers R 《Journal of deaf studies and deaf education》2004,9(1):86-103

The written English vocabulary of 72 deaf elementary school students of various proficiency levels in American Sign Language (ASL) was compared with the performance of 60 hearing English-as-a-second-language (ESL) speakers and 61 hearing monolingual speakers of English, all of similar age. Students were asked to retell "The Tortoise and the Hare" story (previously viewed on video) in a writing activity. Writing samples were later scored for total number of words, use of words known to be highly frequent in children's writing, redundancy in writing, and use of English function words. All deaf writers showed significantly lower use of function words as compared to their hearing peers. Low-ASL-proficient students demonstrated a highly formulaic writing style, drawing mostly on high-frequency words and repetitive use of a limited range of function words. The moderate- and high-ASL-proficient deaf students' writing was not formulaic and incorporated novel, low-frequency vocabulary to communicate their thoughts. The moderate- and high-ASL students' performance revealed a departure from findings one might expect based on previous studies with deaf writers and their vocabulary use. The writing of the deaf writers also differed from the writing of hearing ESL speakers. Implications for deaf education and literacy instruction are discussed, with special attention to the fact that ASL-proficient, deaf second-language learners of English may be approaching English vocabulary acquisition in ways that are different from hearing ESL learners.  相似文献   

‘That extra sparkle’: students’ experiences of volunteering and the impact on satisfaction and employability in higher education     

Emma Barton  Rachel O'Donovan 《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2019,43(4):453-466

Research suggests that students entering Higher Education are doing so with greater expectations around their graduate employability. Students’ volunteering activities have been of interest to academics, but the impact of these activities on learning, employability and student satisfaction has been neglected. The current study investigated whether students who volunteered felt it benefited them, whether they felt they were more employable and whether they perceived their course as satisfying in combination with their volunteering. This small-scale qualitative study used a sample of psychology undergraduate students in focus groups (n = 11), and also a number of psychology graduate interviews (n = 6) from one UK university. Thematic analysis produced several key themes including students’ motivations to begin volunteering, which were mainly career-oriented; their motivations to continue, which included rewarding feelings and personal development; the impact of volunteering on their psychology degree, which included situated learning; and their perceptions of their volunteering and its impact on their employability. The findings indicated many reasons for both starting and continuing with volunteering activities with a clear narrative among this sample that volunteering enhanced their employment and postgraduate prospects. Findings are discussed in line with the current context of Higher Education and the implications for both students and Higher Education Institutions.  相似文献   

Social issues     

Rachel Theilheimer  Emma C. Winger 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1991,18(4):46-47

Rachel Theilheimer teaches early childhood education at Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City. Emma C. Winger has just completed fifth grade at P.S. 84 in Manhattan.  相似文献   

Translating dyslexia across species     

Lisa A. Gabel  Monica Manglani  Nicholas Escalona  Jessica Cysner  Rachel Hamilton  Jeffrey Pfaffmann  Evelyn Johnson 《Annals of dyslexia》2016,66(3):319-336

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Academic staff perspectives on technology for assessment (TfA) in higher education: A systematic literature review     

Mairead Brady  Ann Devitt  Rachel A. Kiersey 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2019,50(6):3080-3098

This paper presents a systematic literature review of academic staff experiences and perceptions of adopting Technology for Assessment OF/FOR/AS Learning in Higher Education. This paper is a qualitative synthesis of 65 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2012 and 2017 reporting on the use of technology for assessment (TfA). The results suggest that there are some efficiencies for staff in implementing TfA but this can come with a cost at the set-up and maintenance phases. Furthermore, results indicated that assessment design is not of foremost concern to academic staff when introducing TfA, but that a wide variety of pressures and both educational and operational drivers are present. There were inconclusive findings in relation to understandings of appropriate institutional environments and supports for TfA to flourish in higher education. There is a need for empirical research, particularly longitudinal investigations, of academic experiences of implementations of TfA to investigate sustainability of adoption. The imperative of exploring the academic staff perspective as the instigator and manager of both the technology and the student learning experience requires deep consideration as TfA adoption progresses.  相似文献   

Back to Basics for Bioethics     

Ankeny  Rachel A. 《Metascience》2003,12(2):177-182

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Developmental Changes in Imitation from Television during Infancy   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Rachel Barr  & Harlene Hayne 《Child development》1999,70(5):1067-1081

Infants' (N = 276) ability to learn from television under seminaturalistic conditions was examined in five experiments with 12-, 15-, and 18-month-olds. In all experiments, an adult performed a series of specific actions with novel stimuli. Some infants watched the demonstration live, and some infants watched the same demonstration on television from prerecorded videotape. Infants' ability to reproduce the target actions was then assessed either immediately or after a 24-hour delay. Infants of all ages exhibited imitation when the actions were modeled live. There were age-related and task-related differences, however, in infants' ability to imitate the same actions modeled on television. The role of perceptual, attentional, and cognitive development in the ability to learn from television is discussed.  相似文献   

Not Your Usual Maths Course: critical mathematics education for adults     

Rachel Patrick 《高等教育研究与发展》1999,18(1):85-98

This article describes an action research project that investigated which features of critical theory were useful for teaching everyday mathematics in an evening course for adults. Paulo Freire's philosophy of education and Jürgen Habermas’ theory of knowledge interests are among the main influences on exponents of critical mathematics education such as Ole Skovsmose and Marilyn Frankenstein. Through the use of dialogical processes and critical reflection, students engage in social and political issues in their lives or communities and, as a result of their increased consciousness and mathematical learning, take “transforming action”. This study highlights the value of learning in a positive environment, through dialogical processes and critical questioning. Participants of the study were able to overcome barriers to learning mathematics; engage in everyday issues involving mathematics; and make changes to the way they dealt with mathematics, as a result of increased critical consciousness.  相似文献   

Gender analysis and participatory rural appraisal: assessing the current debate through an Ethiopian case study involving agricultural extension work     

Rachel Percy   《International Journal of Educational Development》1999,19(6):337

This paper analyses how participatory rural appraisal (PRA) can be used with gender analysis in rural development. The development and convergence of both is outlined. Their combined use in an Ethiopian case is then analysed. It is argued that the use of PRA and gender analysis are complementary in that they put the clients first, engender respect, provide equal opportunities and are flexible. The paper concludes with an analysis of current debate on the topic, identifying six major areas of concern and reviewing these with reference to the Ethiopian case.  相似文献