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Multimedia comprehension skill predicts differential outcomes of web-based and lecture courses.

College students (134 women and 55 men) participated in introductory psychology courses that were offered largely online (on the World Wide Web) or in a lecture format. Student comprehension skills were inferred from their scores on a multimedia ...
William S Maki, Ruth H Maki (J Exp Psychol Appl, 200206)
multimedia-comprehension-skill-predicts-differential-outcomes-web.asp

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The establishment of a surgical interest society for medical students.

With the advent of initiatives by many medical schools to attract students to generalist fields, the curriculum at these institutions has undergone substantial change. In many instances these changes include the abbreviation of exposure to specialty ...
Curt Tribble, John Kern, Mike Smith, Joe DuBose (Am J Surg, 200206)
establishment-surgical-interest-society-medical-students.asp

573.

Firstborn preference and attitudes toward using sex selection technology.

The authors investigated sex preferences for firstborn children and (a) pro- technology attitudes and willingness to use sex selection technology (SST) and (b) social conformity. College students (N = 469; 239 women, 230 men) answered demographic ...
Doreen Swetkis, Faith D Gilroy, Roberta Steinbacher (J Genet Psychol, 200206)
firstborn-preference-attitudes-toward-sex-selection-technology.asp

574.

Thinking styles and cognitive development.

Using R. J. Sternbergs (1988, 1997) theory of thinking styles and W. G. Perrys (1970) theory of cognitive development, the author investigated the nature of thinking styles as they relate to cognitive development. Eighty-two Hong Kong university students ...
Li-Fang Zhang (J Genet Psychol, 200206)
thinking-styles-cognitive-development.asp

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Thinking styles and academic achievement among Filipino students.

The authors objective in this study was to determine whether the precepts of R. J. Sternbergs (1988, 1997) theory of mental self-government apply to a non-Western culture. They administered R. J. Sternberg and R. K. Wagners (1992) Thinking Styles ...
Allan B I Bernardo, Li-Fang Zhang, Carmelo M Callueng (J Genet Psychol, 200206)
thinking-styles-academic-achievement-filipino-students.asp

576.

Preventable exposure to trimethyl tin chloride: a case report.

Trimethyl tin chloride (TMTC) is a highly toxic organotin compound that affects four main target organs: the brain, liver, immune system and skin. Exposure can occur by inhalation, ingestion or direct skin absorption. Trimethyl tin is but one of many ...
M J Saary, R A House (Occup Med (Lond), 200206)
preventable-exposure-trimethyl-tin-chloride-case-report.asp

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Comparison of students and facultys perceptions of occurrence of dishonest academic behaviors.

Examination of estimates of prevalence of 28 dishonest academic behaviors provided by 217 students and 38 faculty members from the same Latin American institution shows facultys perceptions differed from those held by students. Students perceived ...
Mladen Koljatic, Monica Silva (Psychol Rep, 200206)
comparison-students-faculty-s-perceptions-occurrence-dishonest.asp

578.

Reading comprehension among graduate students.

The present purpose was to examine graduate students reading comprehension and reading vocabulary by comparing their scores on a standardized reading rest with scores obtained by a large normative sample of undergraduates. Participants were 59 graduate ...
Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Kathleen M T Collins (Psychol Rep, 200206)
reading-comprehension-graduate-students.asp

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Convergent validity of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death and Templer Death Anxiety Scales in Egyptian male college students.

The Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale were administered to 57 male Egyptian undergraduates. Pearson correlations between the total score on the Templers scale and the four subscales of Collett-Lesters Fear of Self ...
Ahmed M Abdel-Khalek (Psychol Rep, 200206)
convergent-validity-collett-lester-fear-death-templer-death-anxiety.asp

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Relation of career beliefs to career indecision among distance education adult college students in Taiwan.

This study constructed a predictive model of career indecision for adult college students participating in distance education by using a sample of 178 adult college students in Taiwans Open University. The stepwise regression analysis of the career ...
Huiling Peng, Edwin L Herr (Psychol Rep, 200206)
relation-career-beliefs-career-indecision-distance-education-adult.asp