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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Problem Solving Style"”.
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The Effects of a Technological Problem Solving Activity on FIRST LEGO League Participants' Problem Solving Style and Performance
… investigated the effects of a technological problem solving activity, specifically the 2004 No Limits FIRST™ LEGO™ League Robotics Challenge, on student participants' problem solving styles and performances. Previous research suggested that problem solving styles and performances could be …
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The relationships between problem solving style as measured by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and achievement in college chemistry at the community college
… study was to examine the relationships between problem solving style as measured by the Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) and achievement in College Chemistry. It was postulated that preferences measured by the MBTI would increase the variance explained by the predictive tool currently in use. …
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Examining Relationships Between Problem-Solving Style and the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Leveraging Adaption-Innovation Theory to Support Autistic Adults in the Workplace
… characteristics may originate from distinct problem-solving styles that could offer insights into how autistic individuals engage in team environments. This study examined the relationship between problem-solving style, as measured by Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation (KAI) Theory, and autistic …
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Exploring the Dimensions of Problem-solving Ability on High-achieving Secondary Students: A Mixed Methods Study
… the relationship between self-concept and problem-solving style and how these two constructs compared and contrasted in regards to a participant's perception of his or her problem-solving ability. The 86 study participants were high-achieving rising 11th and 12th grade students attending a …
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Religious Problem Solving and Coping with End Stage Renal Disease
… it examined the moderating effects of three styles of religious problem-solving on the relationship between the ESRD couple/family stressors and strains and the outcome variables. Data included a sample of two hundred subjects and their spouses. Subjects were recruited from seven dialysis …
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Catalyzing organizational learning: Social, environmental, and cognitive factors promoting effective change management
… a theorized relationship between individual problem-solving style, an aspect of cognitive diversity, and organizational learning capability. Two Midwestern companies participated in this sequential explanatory mixed methods study that aimed to: (a) examine the influence of cognitive style on …
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Dispositional Mediators Of Burnout Syndrome In A Sample Of Direct Care Staff Employed At Group Homes In A Midwestern State
… the direct care staff's attachment systems and problem solving ability were examined as they applied to their potential burnout status. Attachment theory, a contemporary psychodynamic theory of personality, was used to provide a context for the study. The researcher studied the interactions …
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Religious Problem-Solving and Explanatory Style: Relationships Between Religious Coping and Pessimism
… study examines the relationships among religious problem-solving style, explanatory or attributional style, and dispositional optimism-pessimism. It also seeks to determine the degree to which these styles predict depressive symptoms. Ninety-three students enrolled in psychology classes received …
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Facilitating idea generation in a team context: the effects of technique, perceived organizational support, individual differences and satisfaction with idea generation
… organizational support (POS), associative problem-solving style (APS), bisociative problem-solving style (BPS), need for cognition (NFC) and satisfaction with idea generation (SJG) on idea generation in a team context. Previous brainstorming research has shown that more ideas are generated …
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Determining the influence on technology integration by the problem solving styles of instructors of history, classics and humanities courses
… instruction. This study looked at how individual problem solving styles of instructors influenced the level at which they integrated new Internet technologies in their instruction. Data was collected using an instrument based on Rieber and Welliver's hierarchy of technology integration and from …
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The effects of rumination on social problem-solving in depressed and anxious mood
… the relationship between rumination and social problem-solving changes based on symptom level, rumination status, type of social problem solving measure used, or type of problem being solved. Specifically, this study examined if rumination impairs social problem-solving by negatively distorting …
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An investigation of the relationships between the four typological dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and problem-solving skill level in mathematics at the community college
… Myers-Briggs typology preferences and their problem-solving skills. The literature provides reason to believe that students' MBTI preferences are related to problem-solving style and ability. The educator's ability to teach problem-solving will be enhanced through an identification of …
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Exploring Problem-Solving Preferences, Expressed Identity, Identity Integration, and Coping Behavior of Evalpreneurs in the United States: A Phenomenography Study
… prominence, little research examines how their problem-solving styles intersect with other aspects of their expressed identities within their evaluation consulting work. Exploring this integration is crucial for understanding the underlying factors that shape their decision-making, leadership, …
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An Exploration of the Relationship between International Students and Their Advisors in U.S. Higher Education Institution
… with their academic advisors to solve a definite problem. Dependence on the academic advisor is much more when the advisee is international. Keeping these points in mind, one of the factors that might impact academic environment for an international student is the bonding that they share with …
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The role of social-problem solving and social support and their relation to well-being in young Saudi women
This study investigates the role of social-problem solving and social support as mediators and moderators of the relationship between stressful life events and adjustment, experienced by young students in Saudi Arabia. The study sample involved 630 college students and 390 high school students. …
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Reading foreign language websites : a qualitative investigation of students' reading strategies in German
… motivation, strategic reading, computer skills, problem-solving style, hypertext structure, and type of task. These factors lead to pedagogical implications for designing suitable Internet tasks for foreign language students, and for scaffolding the foreign language Internet reading process.
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Comparing Candidate and Clinical Faculty Cognitive Effect, Cognitive Affect, and Perceived Behaviors During Formal Mentoring
… faculty. Cognitive effect, an indicator of problem solving style was not found to be a significant factor in the study. However, cognitive affect, an indicator of interpersonal orientation found many significant differences. Significance was found at the 0.05 level in the areas of candidate …
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Cognitive Effect Indicators: The Impact of Student and Teacher Styles on Course Grades
… correlative and explanatory. It summarized the problem solving and learning styles of students enrolled in the spring 2008 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Agricultural Technology program, identified relationships between problem solving and learning styles, and used problem …
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The commercialisation of small firm technologies in Western Australia : A case for user-producer interaction and the integration of large industrial users with small technology producers
… user-producer interaction through a dyadic problem-solving style approach with industrial users have enabled small firms to commercialise their technologies in industry. The cases have found that those firms interacting with large industrial users have experienced extensive product …
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AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE MISFIT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY AND ACCOUNTING TASK PERFORMANCE
… psychology literature suggests that cognitive style, as well as cognitive ability, contributes to the cognitive processes that underlie accounting performance. Research has shown that cognitive style can affect accounting performance, particularly under conditions of cognitive misfit (Chan …
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