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Anchoring and Adjusting in Questionnaire Responses
(Informa UK (Taylor & Francis), 2012)
When ordering items on attitude/opinion questionnaires, do survey designers bias respondents’ answers by the mere act of choosing to organize their survey in a particular way? We hypothesize that, under specific ...
The Social Perspective Taking Process: Strategies and Sources of Evidence in Taking Another’s Perspective
(2012)
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Research indicates that social perspective taking – the capacity to discern the thoughts and feelings of others – plays a role in many important outcomes in schools. Despite the potential benefits ...
Measuring Parent Perceptions of School Climate
(American Psychological Association, 2014)
Parents' attitudes about their children’s schools matter. Their views can shape their children’s attitudes about school, affect their levels of family-school engagement, and influence their residential and school enrollment ...
How Changes in Students' Goal Orientations Relate to Outcomes in Social Studies
(Informa UK (Taylor & Francis), 2006)
Do students tend to set similar types of goals throughout the school year, or do their goal orientations shift over time? If students become more oriented toward mastery or performance over the course of the year, do they ...
The Social Perspective Taking Process: What motivates individuals to take another’s perspective?
(2012)
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A growing literature describes multiple benefits of social perspective taking – many of which are particularly important for schools. Despite these potential benefits for administrators, counselors, ...
A New Perspective on Perspective Taking: A Multidimensional Approach to Conceptualizing an Aptitude
(Springer-Verlag, 2004)
Social perspective taking (SPT) is thought to be important in its own right and is often associated with other important skills, such as interpersonal conflict resolution. Thus, it is critical for researchers to systematically ...
Increasing interest in social studies: Social perspective taking and self-efficacy in stimulating simulations
(Elsevier, 2008)
This study examined the potential of simulations to bolster interest in middle school social studies classrooms. Using a pre-post design, we examined 305 middle school students (49% female) who participated in the web-based ...
Teaching social perspective taking: how educators might learn from the Army
(Informa UK (Taylor & Francis), 2012)
Frequently and accurately discerning others' thoughts and feelings is associated with multiple valued educational outcomes across an array of settings. Despite its foundational role in social interactions, it is unclear ...
Using the Theory of Satisficing to Evaluate the Quality of Survey Data
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)
Increasingly colleges and universities use survey results to make decisions, inform research, and shape public opinion. Given the large number of surveys distributed on campuses, can researchers reasonably expect that busy ...