Performance information systems have been widely adopted by national and local governments. This development has been argued to assist elected politicians in deciding on important questions of resource allocation and organizational reform, potentially creating a system of performance-based budgeting where decision-makers reward high-performers and punish low-performers. Others have argued, howe...

This study investigated the relation between dilatory behaviors and performance in students whom we randomly assigned to either an online or a traditional, lecture introductory psychology class. Both sections had full access to a class Web site. There were no reliable differences between the 2 sections of the class on the measures of procrastination, exam performance, or attitudes toward the cl...

This research focuses on the gender difference in attitude and academic performance of students in selected public secondary schools in Akoko Land. The population for this study was made up of all the Junior Secondary Schools Three (JSS3) students in Akoko Land. Three hypotheses were raised to guide this study. 1626 student, (810 males, 816 females) were randomly selected for the study. Data on...

OBJECTIVES This study examined determinants of students' attitudes to psychiatry and intentions to pursue psychiatry as a career, considering: (1) experiences during the clinical attachment; (2) type of curriculum (traditional or problem-based), and (3) student characteristics (age and gender). The relationships between attitudes, career intentions and academic performance were examined. METH...

While evidence suggests stereotype threat effects invade conscious levels of processing, less is known about the role that implicit processes play in stereotype threat. Results from four studies indicate that implicit attitudes and stereotypes play a unique role in motivation and performance in stereotype threatening contexts. Women trained to have positive implicit math attitudes exhibited inc...

the increase of reproduction performance is one of the critical factors for improving economic achievement and sustaining small and middle scale livestock producing. for this to happen, participatory research and extension programs should be implemented with the help of livestock producers. in the present study, the knowledge and attitudes of target livestock producers of ewe estrous synchroniz...