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View article: People reward others based on their willingness to exert effort
People reward others based on their willingness to exert effort Open
Individual contributors to a collaborative task are often rewarded for going above and beyond—salespeople earn commissions, athletes earn performance bonuses, and companies award special parking spots to their employee of the month. How do…
View article: The Mechanics of SUCCESS: How Non-Cognitive and Affective Factors Relate to Academic Performance in Engineering Mechanics
The Mechanics of SUCCESS: How Non-Cognitive and Affective Factors Relate to Academic Performance in Engineering Mechanics Open
One particular academic area of engineering student difficulty is in the field of mechanics. Mechanics, including introductory physics, statics, and dynamics, forms the basis of many upper division engineering courses and often causes stud…
View article: Produced and counterfactual effort contribute to responsibility attributions in collaborative tasks
Produced and counterfactual effort contribute to responsibility attributions in collaborative tasks Open
How do people judge responsibility in collaborative tasks? Past work has proposed a number of metrics that people may use to attribute blame and credit to others, such as effort, competence, and force. Some theories consider only the produ…
View article: Criterion-Referenced Assessment of Intelligence as Adaptation to the Environment: Is It Possible, Plausible, or Practical?
Criterion-Referenced Assessment of Intelligence as Adaptation to the Environment: Is It Possible, Plausible, or Practical? Open
Criterion-referenced testing is usually applied to the assessment of achievement. In this article, we suggest how it can also be applied to the assessment of adaptive intelligence, that is, intelligence as adaptation to the environment. In…
View article: Beyond Transformational Giftedness
Beyond Transformational Giftedness Open
This article discusses kinds of transformational giftedness, or giftedness that makes a positive, meaningful, and possibly enduring difference to the world. We extend previous work by suggesting that there are two kinds of transformation t…
View article: Learning in Clusters: Exploring the Association Between Noncognitive and Affective Profiles of Engineering Students and Academic Performance
Learning in Clusters: Exploring the Association Between Noncognitive and Affective Profiles of Engineering Students and Academic Performance Open
This research paper explores the role of non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors in influencing student achievement and thriving. The research team has developed and deployed a survey with evidence of validity and reliability to measure …