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Measuring Motivation In Children Served By Head Start, Andres Sebastian Bustamante
Measuring Motivation In Children Served By Head Start, Andres Sebastian Bustamante
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There is a well-established achievement gap between children from low income families and their middle to high income counterparts. One avenue towards narrowing the achievement gap is improving domain-general school readiness skills, such as motivation, persistence, and preference for challenge which support learning regardless of content area. Motivation orientation, one example of a malleable domain-general construct, encompasses two approaches at opposite ends of a continuum: mastery and performance motivations. The former is characterized by viewing failure as an opportunity for growth, while the latter views failure as a confirmation of a low innate ability level. Interventions targeting motivation orientation have …
A Structural Model Of Physiological And Psychological Effects On Adolescent Male Singing, Craig Denison
A Structural Model Of Physiological And Psychological Effects On Adolescent Male Singing, Craig Denison
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of Motivation, Affective State and Physiology on the vocal outcomes of Range, Registration Fluency, and Vocal Quality. Participants were members of community boys’ choirs from four states (N = 196). Surveys on motivation and mood provided the psychological data. Height, weight, and lung capacity measures provided physiological data. Sound data consisted of glides, speech and messa di voces. Data analysis included Pearson correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis and two-step maximum likelihood structural equation modeling. Results indicated a strong effect of Physical Maturity on Registration Fluency. Correlations among observed variables height, …