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Evidence for genetic mediation of executive control: a study of aging male twins.

The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic and environmental influences on indexes of executive control in elderly male twins (members of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Twin Study). Multivariate genetic modeling was applied ...
Gary E Swan, Dorit Carmelli (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 200203)
evidence-genetic-mediation-executive-control-study-aging-male-twins.asp

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The role of frontopolar cortex in subgoal processing during working memory.

Neuroimaging studies have implicated the anterior-most or frontopolar regions of prefrontal cortex (FP-PFC, e.g., Brodmanns Area 10) as playing a central role in higher cognitive functions such as planning, problem solving, reasoning, and episodic memory ...
Todd S Braver, Susan R Bongiolatti (Neuroimage, 200203)
role-frontopolar-cortex-subgoal-processing-working-memory.asp

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Relationship among achievement goal orientations and multidimensional situational motivation in physical education.

BACKGROUND: Contemporary research suggests that task and ego achievement goal orientations affect students intrinsic motivation in physical education. This research has assessed intrinsic motivation as a unidimensional contruct, however, which is ...
Martyn Standage, Darren C Treasure (Br J Educ Psychol, 200203)
relationship-achievement-goal-orientations-multidimensional.asp

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Learning outcomes and instructional objectives: is there a difference?

Learning outcomes are broad statements of what is achieved and assessed at the end of a course of study. The concept of learning outcomes and outcome-based education is high on todays education agenda. The idea has features in common with the move to ...
R M Harden (Med Teach, 200203)
learning-outcomes-instructional-objectives-difference.asp

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The Therapeutic Environment Screening Survey for Nursing Homes (TESS-NH): an observational instrument for assessing the physical environment of institutional settings for persons with dementia.

OBJECTIVE: To develop an observational instrument that describes the ability of physical environments of institutional settings to address therapeutic goals for persons with dementia. METHODS: A National Institute on Aging workgroup identified and ...
Philip D Sloane, C Madeline Mitchell, Gerald Weisman, Sheryl Zimmerman, Kristie M Long Foley, Mary Lynn, Margaret Calkins, M Powell Lawton, Jeanne Teresi, Leslie Grant, David Lindeman, Rhonda Montgomery (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 200203)
therapeutic-environment-screening-survey-nursing-homes-tess-nh-.asp

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Achievement goals, perceived motivational climate, and students self-reported mastery behaviors.

Achievement goals and perceived motivational climate are two important constructs in achievement goal theory, and they play critical roles in student motivation and behavior Traditionally, these two constructs have been examined separately. The present ...
Ping Xiang, Amelia Lee (Res Q Exerc Sport, 200203)
achievement-goals-perceived-motivational-climate-students-self.asp

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Orderly activations of human cortical areas during path-planning task.

The functional anatomy of planning was investigated using a path-planning task, which required subjects to find a path to a goal that avoided obstacles and then move a cursor along the path to the goal by manipulating four switches. We analyzed ...
Hajime Mushiake, Naohiro Saito, Yoshihito Furusawa, Masahiro Izumiyama, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Hiroshi Shamoto, Hiroaki Shimizu, Takashi Yoshimoto (Neuroreport, 200203)
orderly-activations-human-cortical-areas-path-planning-task.asp

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Evaluation of web-based dental CE courses.

Various organizations offer online continuing dental education (CDE) courses. While previous investigations focused on objective measures to determine the quality of the courses, this exploratory study evaluates the participants experience with them. We ...
Heiko Spallek, Elizabeth Pilcher, Ji-Young Lee, Titus Schleyer (J Dent Educ, 200203)
evaluation-web-based-dental-ce-courses.asp

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Measures of goal attainment and performance in the World Health Report 2000: a brief, critical consumer guide.

The World Health Report 2000 presents a set of indicators and global indices by which different countries goal attainment and performance in health care may be compared. The paper explains the methods employed in some detail and raises a number of ...
Erik Nord (Health Policy, 200203)
measures-goal-attainment-performance-world-health-report--brief.asp

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Leadership styles and occupational stress among college athletic directors: the moderating effect of program goals.

The interaction between an individuals abilities and the perceived demands of the workplace appears to make a unique contribution to job-related stress above and beyond that of dispositional or situational factors alone (R. S. Lazarus, 1990). In the ...
Todd A Ryska (J Psychol, 200203)
leadership-styles-occupational-stress-college-athletic-directors.asp