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Pareto in Prison

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pareto principle is based on the concept that roughly 80% of outcomes are generated by 20% of inputs, efforts, or contributors within a group. Using a national sample of U.S. prison inmates, we examined various percentile rankings of self‐reported institutional misconduct to determine how much disorder is created behind bars by the most ...
Mark A. Morgan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A pilot experience in physics laboratory for a professional school [PDF]

open access: yesICPE-EPEC 2013 Conference Proceedings, pp. 1004-1009, Prague, ISBN: 9788073782665, 2013
The reform of the upper secondary school in Italy has recently introduced physics in the curricula of professional schools, in realities where it was previously absent. Many teachers, often with a temporary position, are obliged to teaching physics in schools where the absence of the laboratory is added to the lack of interest of students who feel this
arxiv  

Vocational schooling, occupational matching, and labor market earnings in Israel [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the earnings of workers in Israel who had last attended vocational schools and those who had last attended academic secondary schools before entering the labor force.
Neuman, Shoshana, Ziderman, Adrian
core  

A Case Study Exploration of Adolescents’ Experiences in a Paid Summer Internship Program

open access: yesThe Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adolescence is a critical time for career exploration, and internships are a common tool to promote career development. Yet, few researchers have examined their impact on participants. In this study, we conducted a qualitative case study with adolescent participants (N = 19) in the City of Charlotte's Mayor's Youth Employment Program (MYEP), a
Willough Davis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loci of Causality and Orientation in Occupational and Educational Choices

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2013
A student self-determination profile of occupational and educational choices was examined through the concepts of Locus of Causality and Locus of Orientation.
Kalervo Friberg
doaj   +1 more source

A Semantic Grid-based E-Learning Framework (SELF) [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2005
E-learning can be loosely defined as a wide set of applications and processes, which uses available electronic media (and tools) to deliver vocational education and training. With its increasing recognition as an ubiquitous mode of instruction and interaction in the academic as well as corporate world, the need for a scaleable and realistic model is ...
arxiv  

Personal Factors and Career Decision Self‐Efficacy of Postsecondary International Students: The Moderating Role of Cultural Adjustment

open access: yesThe Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Guided by social cognitive career theory, the current study aims to examine the effect of international students’ personal factors on their career decision self‐efficacy (CDSE) in a postsecondary educational context. We also examine the moderating effect of their cultural adjustment on the relationships between their personal factors and CDSE.
Dae Seok Chai, Sunyoung Park
wiley   +1 more source

Wearable Device-Based Real-Time Monitoring of Physiological Signals: Evaluating Cognitive Load Across Different Tasks [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
This study employs cutting-edge wearable monitoring technology to conduct high-precision, high-temporal-resolution (1-second interval) cognitive load assessment on electroencephalogram (EEG) data from the FP1 channel and heart rate variability (HRV) data of secondary vocational students. By jointly analyzing these two critical physiological indicators,
arxiv  

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