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Incorporating Growth Mindsets To Attain Athletic And Academic Success., Michael E. Rutledge Ii
Incorporating Growth Mindsets To Attain Athletic And Academic Success., Michael E. Rutledge Ii
Journal of Research Initiatives
Higher education and intercollegiate athletics promote discovery processes that uncover boundaries of potentials in human development. The research associated with the academic progress of student athletes coincides with the general student population literature in the fact that student athletes also utilize effective study skills and achieve higher GPAs when implementing growth mindset (Joshi et al., 2022). The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of student athletes prior to college, through athletic careers, and through graduate school. Qualitative, ethnographic case study research methods rationalized the purpose of this study to advance theory, answer the research questions best, and …
The Pursuit Of Education By Women In Rural Honduras, Charles Seeley
The Pursuit Of Education By Women In Rural Honduras, Charles Seeley
Journal of Research Initiatives
This qualitative, ethnographic study was conducted to discover and describe the motivational influences in the lives of students and graduates of The Leadership Center, located in rural Honduras, as they traveled a journey through high school and on to The Leadership Center in pursuit of education and a vocation. The sample of study participants consisted of thirty young women, thirteen graduates and seventeen students; 55.6% of the population of students and graduates participated at some level in this study. The lack of education emerged as an element of the culture of rural Honduras while the importance of education emerged as …