This study examined the education and preparation of
220 full-time learning assistance professionals in
California's public Community College, State University, and
University of California systems. The purpose of the study
was to describe selected characteristics of the
professionals and to assess their implications for future
training programs. The results were...
This study was designed to answer
1. What are the practices of secondary supervising teachers
in conferring with their Oregon State University student
teachers?
2. What are the beliefs of secondary supervising teachers
concerning conferences with Oregon State University student
teachers?
To obtain answers to the questions of this study...
The purpose of this study was to assess the congruence of perceptions of academic advising between students and advisers. Seventeen tasks involved in developmental academic advising were identified from a review of current academic advising literature. These criteria became the basis of a questionnaire that asked students whether their adviser...
This dissertation demonstrates how Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986,
1997) can be successfully applied to Counselor academic advising interventions, in
order to increase students' self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (Zimmerman,
2000) in academic planning as learned outcomes. This was accomplished by (a)
reviewing the academic advising literature and showing the current...
Academic advising on American college and university campuses
has evolved into a professional activity supported by a growing body
of theory and research. Developmental psychology provided the
foundation for an approach to advising that emphasizes an holistic view
of the student by supplementing traditional advising functions with
career and personal...