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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"NOLS"”.
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The personality traits of wilderness leadership instructors at NOLS: the relationship to perceived instructor effectiveness and the development of self-concept in students
… in the self-concept of students who complete a NOLS course. The research used a pre-treatment/post-treatment· administration of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) to 355 students in the treatment group, where the treatment was a NOLS course. A control group of 50 students consisted of …
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Understanding the Benefits of Experiential Learning for Executive Leader Development: A Mixed Methods Approach
… with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in the past 10 years. This exploratory sequential research employed three main phases: (a) in-depth interviews of 12 former NOLS executive program participants (n = 12), (b) development of a customized survey instrument, and (c) survey of the …
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A Longitudinal Study of the Outcomes from Participation in Wilderness Adventure Education Programs
… from participation in the Outward Bound and NOLS programs were transferring into participant’s lives and leaving a lasting impression.
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Parent, Student, and Faculty Satisfaction With and Support of Campus Laboratory School Programs
… the National Organization of Laboratory Schools (NOLS). The first three research questions investigated whether parents, students, and faculty were satisfied with program quality. A one-way analysis of variance indicated a statistically significant mean difference between the three groups. The …
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Measuring and Predicting Total Energy Expenditure Among Highly Active Humans in Natural Environments
… and Allen's rules was present among the NOLS population. In this study it was found that a greater surface area/mass ratio provided an energetic advantage in hot climates. However, there is also evidence that a greater surface area/mass ratio is advantageous for heat dissipation in cold …