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"Sorry, but I Suck at Writing": A Study of Writing Self-efficacy in First-Year College Students
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Author
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Greene, Mary-Elizabeth
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Adult education, Social sciences--Research
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Description
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In this study, current research on writing self-efficacy—"confidence that one can perform successfully in a particular domain" (Bruning 25)—and data from a local survey of first-year college students, or freshmen, is used to examine dispositions t...
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ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE TRAINING IN PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATE DEMENTIA
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Author
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Rouse, Hillary
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Social sciences--Research, Cognitive psychology, Gerontology
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Description
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The main goal is to see how computer game play experiences can affect cognitive, social, behavioral, and psychological functioning in a population of older adults with mild-to-moderate dementia. Participants engaged in various cognitive games from...
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Anatomy of a protest: Activism, people, social media and urban space
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Author
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Karduni, Alireza
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Information technology, Social sciences--Research, Architecture
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Description
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The black lives matter movement has risen in response to social injustices in the African-American community in the United States, specifically concerned with police shootings and brutality. Similar to many modern movements in the age of informati...
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Do Refugees Who Become Economically Self-Sufficient Start With Nothing?
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Author
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Scholes, Paul
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social sciences--Research, Social structure
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Description
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There are more refugees globally now than at any time since WWII. I use Phillimore’s opportunity structures from the refugee studies literature with popular ideas from the sociology of immigration literature like New Assimilation Theory to examine...
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Inequalities in Education: A Closer Focus on School Discipline
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Author
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Furukawa, Taylor
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Statistics, Social sciences--Research
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Description
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Disproportionalities in school discipline have become a popular research topic in recent decades, particularly at the school-, district-, and state-level. While there are a handful of reports using nationally representative data, this study provid...
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Initial Social Exchange with Potential Bad Faith Actors
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Author
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Franck, Patrick
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social sciences--Research
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Description
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Social exchange occurs in every facet of daily life, and exchange theory assumes that actors encounter ambiguity and uncertainty when interacting. Currently, a limitation in social exchange theory is the lack of research on deceit or opportunism, ...
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Messages from the Heart: Agent Orange and Narrative Conflict in Contemporary Vietnam
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Author
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Blattenberger, Philip
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Social sciences--Research, Museums--Study and teaching, History
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Description
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For six months in 2014 the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam hosted a temporary exhibition on Agent Orange. Entitled "Agent Orange: A Message from the Heart," the exhibit’s politically benign narrative tone featured reconciliatory r...
