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Showing 1 to 20 of 418 for “"dispositions"”.
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Desires and dispositions
… that we might have conflicting behavioral dispositions because of an over-focus on mental states that are usually held together coherently: beliefs. Desires, unlike beliefs, are often held together although they conflict; I can both want to have coffee because I love the taste, and also …
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The metaphysics of dispositions
… is common ground among philosophers who discuss dispositions. In my dissertation, I defend three claims about dispositions that are more controversial. Some philosophers have claimed that dispositions are causally impotent. I disagree. In my first chapter, I defend the claim that dispositions can …
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THE WEALTH EFFECTS OF REITS PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS
… the wealth effects of U.S. REITs property dispositions from 2001 to 2009 and to assess the factors that contribute to the wealth effects. To investigate the wealth effects of REITs property dispositions, this study employs the event study methodology. It finds that property dispositions by …
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Dispositions of Emotional Intelligence in School Principals
… the classroom. This qualitative study is about dispositions of emotional intelligence in school principals. The participants interviewed were novice school principals or principal coaches. The results showed that principals tend to address the needs of others more than their own. Strategies are …
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An exploration of teacher dispositions: Expectation of potential
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The Role of Dispositions in Teacher Candidate Education
… knowledge, skills, and forty-three critical dispositions of teacher candidates. While the monitoring and assessment of knowledge and skills appears to be well understood and confidently applied, dispositions do not. This study evaluated the claim that the monitoring and assessment of …
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The Role of Dispositions in Teacher Candidate Education
… knowledge, skills, and forty-three critical dispositions of teacher candidates. While the monitoring and assessment of knowledge and skills appears to be well understood and confidently applied, dispositions do not. This study evaluated the claim that the monitoring and assessment of …
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Counterfactuals, dispositions, and conscious experience : essays on entropy
… final conditions. Chapter 2 concerns robust dispositions. Drop an ordinary rock into hydrofluoric acid, and-almost no matter what is going on far away--it will dissolve. In other words, the rock displays a disposition to dissolve that is robust with respect to small variations in its …
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Measuring critical thinking skills and dispositions in undergraduate students
… a two factor structure for critical thinking dispositions. Study 6 used reliability analysis to revise the CCTST to produce the CCTST-UK. Study 7 showed that the CCTST-UK had a moderate correlation with degree attainment and a slightly higher correlation with a test of non-verbal intelligence …
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The Dispositions of Three School Psychologists Regarding Cultural Responsiveness
Background: School psychologists have the ability to leverage a substantial degree of subjectivity in their findings, conclusions, and recommendations that may greatly contribute to the determinations of identification, placement and discipline of school-aged students with disabilities. …
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Dispositions and Dis/ability in Teacher Education: Teacher Educator Perspectives
… study explores the connection of dis/ability and dispositions in teacher education. Although dispositions have been part of contemporary teacher education discourse for over thirty years, their continued ambiguity is a source of debate and contestation (e.g., Diez, 2007; Katz & Rath, 1985; …
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Examining the Dispositions of Music Educators: A Perceptual Psychology Theory
… primary purpose of the study is to extract the dispositions of music educators and to make connections among dispositions, identity, and behaviors, all from the music educators’ perspectives.</p> <p>The theoretical framework of perceptual psychology (Combs and Snygg, 1959) informs the data …
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Dispositions in Practice: An Autoethnographic Study of Competence in Mathematics
… study, I examine how my evolving dispositions as a middle school mathematics teacher shaped the learning opportunities afforded to students through participatory practices in a Response to Intervention (RTI) setting. In this study I reflect on how my assumptions and pedagogical …
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The Need for Limiting Mechanisms on Not Criminally Responsible Dispositions
… for limiting mechanisms on the duration of NCR dispositions. First, the options for proceeding through the criminal justice system that may be available to accused persons with mental disabilities are reviewed. The history of the NCR verdict and NCR dispositions is then considered, including …
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Judges' familiarity with learning and behavioral disabilities and dispositions imposed
… with disabilities may receive more restrictive dispositions than their nondisabled counterparts for similar offenses. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between judges’ familiarity with learning and behavioral disabilities and the dispositions they imposed. Qualitative and …
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The Development of an Instrument to Measure Teacher Education Candidates' Dispositions
… of a quantitative instrument that measures the dispositions of teacher education candidates as articulated by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (1991). To examine reliability, the statistical analysis included intraclass correlation coefficient and Cronbach's alpha …
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Proxy indicators as a measure of economic dispositions in South Africa
More than half a century after the liberation of the majority of African countries, Africa is facing major socio-economic challenges including unemployment, slow economic growth and inequality. With waves of violent service delivery protests over the last few years throughout South Africa, it is …
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Using Manipulatives to Investigate ESOL Students' Achievement and Dispositions in Algebra
… and post- questionnaire) measured dispositions about mathematics and math class. The one-way ANOVA indicated no statistically significant difference between the control and the treatment group’s dispositions about mathematics and math class.</p>
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Educator Perceptions Regarding Leadership Skills and Dispositions for Enhancing Multicultural Education
… perspectives regarding leadership skills and dispositions for enhancing multicultural education are at the root of leadership development to gain knowledge and experiences and provide value to teaching environments through the integration of life lessons. Variables today require leadership to …
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The Development and Validation of the Theory Y Leadership Dispositions Instrument
… a school principal's Theory Y leadership dispositions. These dispositions include a tendency to take risks and confront conflict for what is ethical, a tendency to have relentless expectations for student growth and instructional leadership, a tendency to be open, honest, and transparent, …
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