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Should Coaches Administer Psychological Interventions To Their Athletes?, Timothy Scott Rice
Should Coaches Administer Psychological Interventions To Their Athletes?, Timothy Scott Rice
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The study's intents were two-fold: (1) to examine Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) members' perceptions regarding the acceptability of coaches delivering psychological interventions (PI) to their athletes; and (2) to determine what PI, if any, coaches are administering to their athletes. AAASP members were mailed a survey with a 67.77% (N = 143) return rate. A separate questionnaire was mailed to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I baseball (N = 145; 37.08%), softball (N = 131, 60.37%), and tennis (N = 431; 65.11%) coaches. AAASP participants were mailed a second questionnaire (N = 106; 74%) …
Pictorial Graphic Organizers, Navigation, And Hypermedia: Converging Constructivist And Cognitive Theories., Cheryl Ann Krawchuk
Pictorial Graphic Organizers, Navigation, And Hypermedia: Converging Constructivist And Cognitive Theories., Cheryl Ann Krawchuk
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This study examined differences in cognitive structure, content knowledge, navigational difficulties, and personal interviews between organizer and non-organizer students in a hypermedia environment. This information was used to ascertain the feasibility of using the pictorial graphic organizer as a tool to help alleviate navigational difficulties in a learner-controlled hypermedia environment without imposing structure on the student. Sixty-nine students from an undergraduate course completed a computer questionnaire as well as a pre content knowledge test and a Pathfinder network. They were then exposed to a hypermedia program with the organizer group using a program that contained a pictorial graphic organizer and …
A Neural Network Approach For Implementing A High Dimension Reduction Feature Finder For Automatic Image Matching., Qiang Lin
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This dissertation explores the Counter Propagation Network (CPN) to implement an image feature finder for automatic image matching systems. This research concludes that the CPN paradigm does not appear to be capable of extracting distinctive features for matching complex images such as fingerprints. There are three possible factors explored in the document that contribute to this inability to match. These are: (1) Image Enhancement - Most of fingerprint images have certain levels of localized blur or smear, locally low contrast, or other noise. Currently available image enhancement methods are shown to not suppress these noises effectively. (2) Image Invariance - …
Student Nurses' Lived Experiences As Compassionate Healers To Suffering Patients., Brenda Sue Lohri-Posey
Student Nurses' Lived Experiences As Compassionate Healers To Suffering Patients., Brenda Sue Lohri-Posey
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This research study investigated the meanings student nurses were forming in caring for suffering patients. Participants for this study were senior nursing students in a diploma school of nursing for registered nurses in Western Pennsylvania. The study used a phenomenological research design. Fifteen student nurses were interviewed and audiotaped to determine their experiences in providing compassionate healing to suffering patients during their educational experience at the school. The students were also asked to complete a demographic questionnaire and provide a picture of compassionate healing which had meaning for them. The study was conducted in the school of nursing building in …
The Relationship Between Self-Perceived Educational Philosophy Profile Of Public Community College Presidents And Their Self-Perceived Leadership Style., Frederick Dean Lucas
The Relationship Between Self-Perceived Educational Philosophy Profile Of Public Community College Presidents And Their Self-Perceived Leadership Style., Frederick Dean Lucas
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This study was designed to examine the relationship between the self-perceived educational philosophy profile of public community college presidents and their self-perceived leadership styles. The population consisted of 209 community college presidents identified by mailing labels from the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges who were serving in public institutions in the United States listed in the AACJC Membership Directory 1993. A proportional, stratified, random sample was conducted of 209 presidents. A cover letter, demographic survey, the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire-Self, and Philosophical Instrument were mailed to each subject. Overall, 111 of the presidents responded. Of these, 105 were …
A Survey Of Physical Fitness Knowledge Among Preservice And Inservice Physical Educators., Michael Gene Miller
A Survey Of Physical Fitness Knowledge Among Preservice And Inservice Physical Educators., Michael Gene Miller
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The purpose of this study was to determine the physical fitness knowledge of physical educators. Eight groups participated in this study. There were 14 block one students, 17 block three students, 12 block five students, 11 block seven students, 10 basic instruction physical education graduate students. There were 23 inservice physical educators (11 elementary physical educators and 12 secondary physical educators) and 11 exercise physiology master students. A forty question multiple choice test covering the domains of body composition, flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and cardiovascular conditioning were administered to the groups of participants. Total scores for the test revealed …
Consensus In West Virginia Music Education: A Comparison Of Teacher Ideals And State Curriculum., Penelope Saeler
Consensus In West Virginia Music Education: A Comparison Of Teacher Ideals And State Curriculum., Penelope Saeler
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The present study investigated the ideal music curriculum as discovered in the opinions of general music teachers in West Virginia and compared that ideal curriculum to existing curriculum contained in a representative number of curriculum guides in West Virginia. The study was divided into three parts: (a) part one examined the ideals of teachers through the Delphi technique, (b) part two was an investigation of a representative number of K-8 curriculum guides through a content analysis procedure, and (c) part three determined the amount of agreement between existing curriculum and teacher ideals about curriculum. A two-round Delphi questionnaire was administered …
Validation Of The Slide Board As An Exercise Modality., Randal Paul Schober
Validation Of The Slide Board As An Exercise Modality., Randal Paul Schober
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The purpose of this study was to monitor physiological responses of children in grades 4 and 5 during incremental tests on slide board and bicycle exercise and to determine whether children enjoy the slide board as a fitness activity. Twenty healthy subjects (10M, 10F; 10.1 {dollar}\\pm{dollar}.72 yrs) completed maximum continuous tests in 3 minute stages on the slide board, beginning at 40 slides/min, increasing by 10 slides/min each stage; and on the bicycle beginning at 25 watts, increasing by 25 watts each stage. Heart rate (HR), blood pressure, VO{dollar}\\sb2{dollar}, and rating of perceived exertion (CERT) were measured at each stage. …
Assessment Of Adolescent Quality Of Life: Development And Preliminary Validation Of A Self-Report Measure., Leslie E. Spieth
Assessment Of Adolescent Quality Of Life: Development And Preliminary Validation Of A Self-Report Measure., Leslie E. Spieth
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Assessing the impact of chronic illness on child and adolescent functioning has become increasingly important as mortality rates associated with chronic illness have decreased and survival rates have increased. With improvements in prognosis, greater emphasis has been placed on the assessment of acute and residual dysfunction caused by chronic illnesses and their treatment. The multiple dimensions of functioning and well-being are commonly referred to as "quality of life" (QOL). The assessment of patient QOL provides an important outcome measure that complements the physiological outcome measures which are typically obtained. Patient reports of QOL are particularly important as the dysfunction caused …
An Analysis Of The International, Domestic And Personal Determinants Of The Presidential Use Of Force., Barry Norris Sweet
An Analysis Of The International, Domestic And Personal Determinants Of The Presidential Use Of Force., Barry Norris Sweet
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This dissertation examines the determinants of the presidential use of military force. More specifically, this dissertation is an effort to determine how international and domestic political factors interact with presidential personality types when the use of military force is a foreign policy option. An attempt is made to bridge the gap between theories of international relations and foreign policy decision-making by using all three levels of analysis. Previous research has failed to take into account the effect of individual presidential characteristics on the decision to use force. Furthermore, the previous research involving the use of force has either examined the …
An Analysis Of Decision Styles As A Predictor Variable For Levels Of Creativity And/Or Orientations Toward Risk-Taking Of Knowledge Workers., Beth Ann Hill
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The problem of this study was to determine if decision styles of knowledge workers could predict a level of creativity and/or an orientation toward risk of knowledge workers. A biographical survey and two self-scoring instruments were administered to each subject. The first instrument, Decision Style Inventory (DSI) by Alan Rowe and Richard Mason classified the subjects according to four basic decision styles: directive, analytical, conceptual and behavioral. The second instrument, The Creatrix Inventory (C&RT) by Richard Byrd measured the subject's level of creativity and orientation toward risk. There were two primary hypothesis: Hypothesis One examined the statistical strength of the …
The Nature Of Experiences Of Four-Year-Olds In Two Russian Preschools., Meredith Evans Kiger
The Nature Of Experiences Of Four-Year-Olds In Two Russian Preschools., Meredith Evans Kiger
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The study of the nature of experiences of four-year-olds in two Russian preschools as well as an overview of the history and public policies concerning early childhood care and education in the former Soviet Union provide a profile for understanding the effects traditions, beliefs, and policies have on the preschool experiences of young children everywhere. This study was a qualitative approach to portions of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievements' (IEA) cross cultural study of early childhood education and care. Interviews and observations were conducted in two preschools in Moscow, Russia over a four month period beginning …
The Effects Of A Case-Based Hypermedia Environment: A Research Study Examining Behavior Disorder Knowledge Acquisition, User Learning Styles, Student-Generated Reports, Prior Computer Experience, User Time, And Navigational Patterns., Lee Alexander Kraus
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This study looked at (1) the effects of a case-based hypermedia system designed to educate graduate-degree candidates on the process of meeting the needs of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and (2) the effect of learning styles on this process. It also looked at a series of relationships between (1) prior experience and total time using the hypermedia environment, (2) student-generated reports in the hypermedia system and scores on a knowledge instrument measuring behavior disorders, (3) prior computer experiences of the user and type of navigation of the user, (4) type of navigational patterns and user knowledge of behavior …
Katelyn's Emergent Literacy Story: A Case Study And Consolidated Literature Review Of The Development Of Literacy From Birth To Three Years., Sherrie Kimberly Wampler
Katelyn's Emergent Literacy Story: A Case Study And Consolidated Literature Review Of The Development Of Literacy From Birth To Three Years., Sherrie Kimberly Wampler
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By definition, the study of emergent literacy must address the literacy development of children from "birth" to "conventional literacy." In actuality, studies of the literacy development of children between the ages of 2 and 4 have become common, while studies regarding literacy development of 1-year-olds is extremely limited and studies beginning at birth even fewer. Through this study, data regarding the language, reading, and writing behaviors of children from birth to three years is identified, consolidated, and confirmed. Two research questions guided this study: (1) What are the emergent literacy behaviors of a child from birth to three years? (2) …
The Development Of A Coaching Education Curriculum Framework Outlining The Learning Outcomes Coaches Are To Be Taught To Pursue Through Interscholastic Athletics., A Keith Dils
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Coaches and administrators involved in athletics in the educational milieu proclaim that sport is an integral part of the educational process. The National Federation of State High School Associations maintains that athletics is "educational" (Jable, 1986). However, positive outcomes are not inevitable and in fact negative outcomes often occur. Because the mandates for the "educational" use of athletics consist of general and undefined values (e.g., collapsing the concept of sportsmanship into one undefined value) they are not conducive to making values development through sport an attainable goal (Wandzilak & Potter, 1986). Also, these mandates for the "educational" use of sport …
Assessing The Impact Of The West Virginia K-12 Ruralnet Project On Teachers' Views., Thomas P. Ditty
Assessing The Impact Of The West Virginia K-12 Ruralnet Project On Teachers' Views., Thomas P. Ditty
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Teachers play a key role in implementing curriculum changes in the science classroom. The evaluation of teachers' views regarding the relationships that exist between science, technology, and society can strengthen the link between curricular reforms and the content that students' acquire in their learning experiences and contribute to the improvement of preservice and inservice teacher education programs. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if participation in the West Virginia K-12 RuralNet Project has impacted teachers' views about science, technology, and society interactions. This investigation employed a matched-group quasi-experimental research design which involved 58 West Virginia (K-12) teachers. The …
The Relation Between Marital Conflict And Child Adjustment: An Examination Of Parental And Child Repertoires., Beverley Kim Beach
The Relation Between Marital Conflict And Child Adjustment: An Examination Of Parental And Child Repertoires., Beverley Kim Beach
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Impelled by research deficits identified by previous researchers, the relation between marital conflict and child adjustment was investigated within a repertoire-based paradigm to yield a more complete understanding of the etiology and maintenance of child adjustment problems. Specific parental and child affective, cognitive, and motoric conflict repertoires were obtained via an analogue task, and were related to 10 to 13 year olds' internalizing and externalizing problems. The correspondence between parental and child conflict repertoires was examined, as were the relations between intra-individual affective, cognitive, and motoric conflict responses. Findings further elucidated the relation between marital conflict and child psychopathology; specific …
"Accepting The Findings Of Medical Science": Gender, Class And The Political Economy Of Health Care In Central Appalachia, 1880-1935., Sandra Lee Barney
"Accepting The Findings Of Medical Science": Gender, Class And The Political Economy Of Health Care In Central Appalachia, 1880-1935., Sandra Lee Barney
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This dissertation is a study of the modernization of health care and the professionalization of medicine in the Central Appalachian regions of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia from the period of industrialization through the Great Depression. Unlike traditional histories of the medical profession, this dissertation highlights the role of non-medical agents, particularly women volunteers, in promoting the reification of modern standards of health care. Educated physicians flocked into the Appalachian heartland during the industrial boom of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To improve public welfare, and to elevate their own professional status, physicians established private medical associations and …
Ergonomic Evaluation Of Assistive Devices And Manual Methods For Resident-Handling Tasks In Nursing Homes., Ziqing Zhuang
Ergonomic Evaluation Of Assistive Devices And Manual Methods For Resident-Handling Tasks In Nursing Homes., Ziqing Zhuang
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Resident-handling tasks have been identified as the primary cause of back injury among nursing professionals. The objective of this study was to evaluate resident-handling procedures to determine which procedures resulted in less biomechanical and/or psychophysical stresses to those personnel performing resident-handling tasks. The objective was accomplished through an ergonomic evaluation of different assistive devices and manual methods for performing two resident-handling tasks that place nursing personnel in nursing homes at a high risk of back injury--transferring residents from bed to a chair and lifting residents up in bed. Twelve assistive devices and two manual methods were evaluated in this laboratory …
The Use Of An Instrumented Breast Model Of The Examination Of Patterns Of Search In Breast Self-Examination., Susan Bragg Leight
The Use Of An Instrumented Breast Model Of The Examination Of Patterns Of Search In Breast Self-Examination., Susan Bragg Leight
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The purpose of this descriptive pilot study was to evaluate two patterns of search in breast self-examination for the thoroughness of search they engender. An instrumented breast model was developed and piloted for this study. Eight LVDT's were embedded in a silicone breast model. Downward pressure on the breast model resulted in displacement measures which were converted to digital signals through the use of an M102 module. A command software program recorded these displacement measures in a series of files. The research questions for the study addressed the following issues: what was the effect of the vertical strip pattern as …
Psychometric Properties Of The Multiple Eating Antecedents Scale (Meal): A Behavioral Assessment Instrument For Measuring Diet Nonadherence In Diabetes Mellitus., Janice Rhea Triplett
Psychometric Properties Of The Multiple Eating Antecedents Scale (Meal): A Behavioral Assessment Instrument For Measuring Diet Nonadherence In Diabetes Mellitus., Janice Rhea Triplett
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The Multiple Eating Antecedent Scale (MEAL) is a behavioral instrument used to measure diet nonadherence in people with diabetes mellitus. The current study was conducted to gather additional reliability and validity indicators of the MEAL. A prospective design was used to measure diet, blood glucose, stress and adherence in 38 adults with blood Type I and Type II diabetes mellitus for four consecutive days. Comparisons were made between self-monitoring data and MEAL scores. In addition MEAL category scores were compared to established diabetes-specific questionnaires as a measure of MEAL validity. Results indicated that the MEAL has good one week test-retest …
Alcohol Treatment Issues: Professional Differences., Stella Y. Hshieh
Alcohol Treatment Issues: Professional Differences., Stella Y. Hshieh
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The current practice of alcohol treatment in many agencies implies the distinction between addiction treatment and mental health treatment. This study attempted to investigate how the psychologists and addiction counselors might possess different philosophies and treatment approaches. It also attempted to examine how the differences might affect linkages across service system boundaries. Subjects were professionals who were actively involved in the treatment of problem drinking. Samples were selected from psychologists affiliated with the American Psychological Association (APA) and alcoholism counselors affiliated with the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC). A survey questionnaire was sent to each subject, …
Institutional Persistence Of First-Generation College Students: A Test Of The Tinto Model., Lauren K. Joseph
Institutional Persistence Of First-Generation College Students: A Test Of The Tinto Model., Lauren K. Joseph
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The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the constructs of the Tinto model of student persistence are useful for explaining freshman-to-sophomore-year persistence of first-generation college students in different types of higher education institutions. Despite the expectation that a large number of future college enrollees will be first-generation college students, few studies have tested the applicability of theoretical models of student persistence, such as the Tinto model, to the persistence behavior of first-generation college students. The theoretical framework for this study was the Tinto model of student persistence, which is based on an interactionist theory of …
The Effects Of Goal Setting And Imagery Training Programs On The Free-Throw Performance Of Female Basketball Players., Bart Steven Lerner
The Effects Of Goal Setting And Imagery Training Programs On The Free-Throw Performance Of Female Basketball Players., Bart Steven Lerner
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a goal setting, imagery, and a combined goal setting and imagery training program on the free-throw performance among female collegiate basketball players over the course of an entire season. A multiple-baseline, single-subject design was employed in which participants were randomly assigned to one of three interventions: (1) goal setting ({dollar}n=4{dollar}), (2) imagery ({dollar}n=4{dollar}), or (3) goal setting and imagery ({dollar}n=4{dollar}). Free-throw data were collected during practice sessions and games. Data were examined by way of changes in mean, level, trend, latency, and variability between baseline and intervention, and then …
The Effects Of Lupus On Flannery O'Connor And Some Of Her Works., Elizabeth Deidre Davis
The Effects Of Lupus On Flannery O'Connor And Some Of Her Works., Elizabeth Deidre Davis
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The purpose of this study is to show the influence of lupus on the life and selected works of Flannery O'Connor. Through reading O'Connor's manuscripts, letters, and books, correspondence with Nancy Bray, curator of the Flannery O'Connor collection, and Sally Fitzgerald, and visiting Milledgeville, Georgia, the author has been able to describe O'Connor's life before and after she was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Because the author is also a victim of a connective tissue disease, similar to lupus, she has shared many of the same symptoms of O'Connor which are also detailed. O'Connor's two novels, some of her short …
The Efficacy Of Adolescent Rape Prevention Education, Ruth E. Kershner
The Efficacy Of Adolescent Rape Prevention Education, Ruth E. Kershner
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During the past several years, an increased number of rapes have been reported in the adolescent population (Ageton, 1983; Erickson & Rapkin, 1991; Gidycz & Koss, 1989; Hall & Flannery, 1984; Hayman, 1971; Katz & Mazur, 1979; Krasner, Meyer, & Carroll, 1976; MaCahill, Meyer, & Fischman, 1979; Mann, 1981; McDermott, 1979; Medea & Thompson, 1974; U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1985; Walmsley & White, 1979; Warshaw, 1988). The problem has become so widespread that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has included reduction of rape and attempted rape of women aged 12 and older as a goal in its …
Ain't Misbehavin' : A Study Of Teacher Misbehaviors, Related Communication Behaviors, And Student Resistance, Danielle J. Dolin
Ain't Misbehavin' : A Study Of Teacher Misbehaviors, Related Communication Behaviors, And Student Resistance, Danielle J. Dolin
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This examined teacher misbehaviors' relationships to student cognitive and affective learning, student liking of the instructor, and student resistance. Socio-communicative style, nonverbal immediacy, and behaviors characteristic of communication anxiety were examined as possible predictors of learning, liking, and misbehaviors. Factor structures of the resistance behaviors and of the teacher misbehaviors were explored. Data were collected both at the beginning of a semester and at the end of a semester survey. Results suggest consistency with previous models. Responsiveness, nonverbal immediacy. and teacher misbehaviors all contribute a significant amount of variance to learning. New dimensions for the teacher misbehavior and student resistance …
Political Culture And The Coal Economy In The Upper Monongahela Region: 1776-1933., Michael Edward Workman
Political Culture And The Coal Economy In The Upper Monongahela Region: 1776-1933., Michael Edward Workman
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The industrialization of Appalachia traditionally has been understood in terms of the penetration and exploitation of the region by outside capitalists. The role of indigenous capitalists in the development of the coal and other industries has been neglected. Most development studies have focused on the Central portions of Appalachia, virtually ignoring the northern parts of the region, including the Upper Monongahela region of Northern West Virginia. Moreover, most studies of industrialization have focused on the rural, rather than the urban, parts of the region. Furthermore, the study of the role of coal miners and the miners' union (United Mine Workers …
A Narratological Reading Emphasizing The Narrator/Narratee Relationships In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Charles Robert Maturin's "Melmoth The Wanderer", And J. Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla"., Marion Carol Zwickel
A Narratological Reading Emphasizing The Narrator/Narratee Relationships In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Charles Robert Maturin's "Melmoth The Wanderer", And J. Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla"., Marion Carol Zwickel
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The focus of this study is a narratological reading emphasizing the narrator/narratee relationships in three highly mediated, nineteenth century, English Gothic novels: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1817); Charles Robert Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer (1820); and, J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla (1872). A narratological reading depicts how the form of these novels illuminates their content to demonstrate that these Gothic stories do have redeeming literary merits and are not just popular fiction. The introduction discusses Gerald Prince's theory of narrator/narratee relationships which he explicates in his article "The Introduction to the Study of the Narratee" (Poetique 1973). Next, the introduction explains the …
The Interrelationship Of Conation, Goal Accomplishment Style, And Psychological Type In Distance Learners., Michaeleen Ann Davis
The Interrelationship Of Conation, Goal Accomplishment Style, And Psychological Type In Distance Learners., Michaeleen Ann Davis
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This study investigated the interrelationship of conation, goal accomplishment style, and psychological type in distance learners. The research questions for this study focused on the interrelationship of conation, goal accomplishment style, and psychological type in distance learners by measuring the conative capacity and psychological types of distance learners enrolled in satellite delivered courses. The study also investigated what influence, if any, do distance teachers have on the conative capacity of distance learners. Distance teachers need to be aware of the individual differences of distance learners in order to provide facilitation through distance education resources. The interpretation of the results indicated …