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Intellectual styles : measurement and assessment (2011)
Book Chapter
Cassidy, S. (2011). Intellectual styles : measurement and assessment. In L. Zhang, R. Sternberg, & S. Rayner (Eds.), Handbook of Intellectual Styles: Preferences in Cognition, Learning, and Thinking (67-89). New York: Springer Publishing Company

The chapter presents a critical account of approaches, including historical, contemporary and potential approaches, to the measurement and assessment of intellectual styles. Its ultimate aim is to support ‘good’ research and practice in the field of... Read More about Intellectual styles : measurement and assessment.

Creating and validating self-efficacy scales for students (2011)
Journal Article
Kitching, J., Cassidy, S., Eachus, P., & Hogg, P. (2011). Creating and validating self-efficacy scales for students. Radiologic technology, 83(1), 10-19

Purpose: student radiographers must possess certain abilities to progress in their training; these can be assessed in various ways. Bandura’s social cognitive theory identifies self-efficacy as a key psychological construct with regard to how people... Read More about Creating and validating self-efficacy scales for students.

Exploring individual differences as determining factors in student academic achievement in higher education (2011)
Journal Article
student academic achievement in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 37(7), 793-810. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.545948

study investigated the association and relative influence of cognitive/motivational and demographic factors on final degree grade point average (GPA) in a single undergraduate cohort. Although academic selfefficacy, approaches to learning, prior ach... Read More about Exploring individual differences as determining factors in student academic achievement in higher education.

Self-regulated learning in higher education : identifying key component processes (2011)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. (2011). Self-regulated learning in higher education : identifying key component processes. Studies in Higher Education, 36(8), 989-1000. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.503269

The concept of self-regulated learning is becoming increasingly relevant in the study of learning and academic achievement, especially in higher education, where quite distinctive demands are placed on students. Though several key theoretical perspec... Read More about Self-regulated learning in higher education : identifying key component processes.