Thomas Oakland
Biographic Data
| ID | 143494 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Oakland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Oakland |
| SIGNATURE | OAKLAND T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Estatus Internacional Sobre el Desarrollo y Uso de test
Se describe sobre el uso y desarrollo de test como el buque de bandera de la psicología aplicada. Este trabajo discute el estatus internacional sobre el desarrollo y uso de los test. Existen diferencias regionales e internacionales en el desarrollo y uso de los test, y se explican en referencia a las condiciones necesarias para apoyar estos aspectos. La relevancia de los test, como otras tecnologías, debería cambiar, a la luz de las necesidades c…
Temperament Styles of Children from Egypt and the United States
If you do not know the child's temperament you do not know the child
Current scholarship generally characterizes temperament as stylistic and relatively stable traits that subsume intrinsic tendencies to act and react in somewhat predictable ways to people, events, and other stimuli. An understanding of children's temperament preferences aids our understanding of the origins of behaviors as well as normal attitudes children display at home, school, and elsewhere. The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduc…
Constructing a Framework for the Use of Tests Within a Developing Nation’s School System
Interpretive participatory action research methods were used to assist the education community in Botswana, a developing nation, to identify a framework for the use of tests in the nation’s schools. User preferences for understanding important learner-related qualities through the use of tests were emphasized. Participant informants were educators and school counselors ( n = 1,221), learners ( n = 355), parents/guardians ( n = 162), and education…
Factor structure of the inventory of adult temperament styles
Temperament refers to stylistic and relatively stable traits that subsume intrinsic tendencies to act and react in somewhat predictable ways to people, events, and stimuli. Temperament can be defined by four bipolar styles: extroversion-introversion, practical-imaginative, thinking-feeling, and organized-flexible. These four styles provide the theoretical structure for the group administered Inventory of Adult Temperament Styles (IATS).Validity e…
Understanding Human Abilities in Sub-Saharan African Settings
Cultural communities define and promote human abilities they perceive to give expression to their core values. Indigenous sub-Saharan African communities place a high premium mainly on abilities that promote or give expression to the value of social interests. This article considers human abilities from a cultural psychology perspective, one that reflects the understandings of culturally competent informants of valid and valued abilities in their…
International Knowledge Displayed by School Psychology Students in the U.S.A
Psychology isbecoming a global profession whose members are expected to display knowledge ofinternational events and conditions that may impact their discipline. Knowledgeof important international events and conditions seemingly enables professionalpersonnel to more effectively obtain and use global resources and understand andguide global policy. Prior studies found young adults in the U.S.A. generallydisplay less knowledge of international iss…
Temperament Styles in Zimbabwean Early Adolescents
The structure of temperament styles was investigated using Rasch analysis methods with data from 397 (46% males) Zimbabwean early adolescents. The students completed the Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ), a 69 item children's self-report measure of temperament styles that uses a forced choice item format. Each item was scored as a dichotomous Rasch scale variable. Principal component analysis of the standardized residuals yielded unidimensional …
Temperament Styles of Nigerian and U.S. Children
Temperament styles of 400 Nigerian children are described in reference to possible gender and age differences and compared with those of 3200 U.S. children in light of Jung's theory of temperament as modified by Myers and Briggs, one that highlights four bipolar qualities: extroversion-introversion, practical-imaginative, thinking-feeling, and organized-flexible styles. Nigerian children generally prefer introverted to extroverted styles, practic…
International School Psychology
International school psychology is discussed in reference to scholarly and professional development within psychology, the emergence of an international association of school psychology, its efforts to promote school psychology, prevailing characteristics of school psychologists, and additional efforts needed to further enhance its development. Nine issues that will help shape the future of international school psychology are also identified. The…
Predicting School Achievement in Zimbabwean Multiracial Schools Using Biggs' Learning Process Questionnaire
Biggs' (1987) Learning Process Questionnaire (LPQ) is a widely acknowledged measure of student approaches to learning. However, its utility in predicting actual school achievement and in multi-cultural contexts is unknown. This study investigated the validity of Biggs' LPQ and its underlying theory in predicting academic achievement in Zimbabwean multiracial schools. Three hundred and seventy-six Zimbabwean black (157) and white (219) students (m…
Issues of importance to the membership of the American Psychological Association
Issues of importance to the membership of the American Psychological Association
Minority Group Literature in Psychology and Education Journals 1952-1973
Public policies and procedures as well as private attitudes and practices toward minorities are influenced in part through research and other scholarly activities. The judicial system, through which significant and often positive changes have occurred (Haveman, 1977), is but one of the many U.S. institutions that recognizes the importance of the social science literature in developing policies and rendering decisions. In his written decision in B…
Educational and psychological perspectives on Hispanic children from Hispanic journals
Literature from Hispanic journals on education and psychology on Spanish‐speaking Latin American children is summarised. Background information on Latin American countries is provided so as to establish a context for the educational and psychological literature. This literature review focuses on educational research and development and on the contributions of psychology to these two activities. Educational research in Latin America is a relativel…
A Rationale for Compensatory Education Programs
Although programs for disadvantaged students must be tailored to local needs, most share certain underlying assumptions concerning the etiology and remediation of the disabilities: (1) that the environment in which the disadvantaged matures fails to provide many of the antecedent experiences necessary for proper neurological and psychological development; (2) that through skillfully rearranging significant aspects of the child's environment (i.e.…
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A Rationale for Compensatory Education Programs
Although programs for disadvantaged students must be tailored to local needs, most share certain underlying assumptions concerning the etiology and remediation of the disabilities: (1) that the environment in which the disadvantaged matures fails to provide many of the antecedent experiences necessary for proper neurological and psychological development; (2) that through skillfully rearranging significant aspects of the child's environment (i.e.…
Educational and psychological perspectives on Hispanic children from Hispanic journals
Literature from Hispanic journals on education and psychology on Spanish‐speaking Latin American children is summarised. Background information on Latin American countries is provided so as to establish a context for the educational and psychological literature. This literature review focuses on educational research and development and on the contributions of psychology to these two activities. Educational research in Latin America is a relativel…
Minority Group Literature in Psychology and Education Journals 1952-1973
Public policies and procedures as well as private attitudes and practices toward minorities are influenced in part through research and other scholarly activities. The judicial system, through which significant and often positive changes have occurred (Haveman, 1977), is but one of the many U.S. institutions that recognizes the importance of the social science literature in developing policies and rendering decisions. In his written decision in B…
Issues of importance to the membership of the American Psychological Association
Issues of importance to the membership of the American Psychological Association
Predicting School Achievement in Zimbabwean Multiracial Schools Using Biggs' Learning Process Questionnaire
Biggs' (1987) Learning Process Questionnaire (LPQ) is a widely acknowledged measure of student approaches to learning. However, its utility in predicting actual school achievement and in multi-cultural contexts is unknown. This study investigated the validity of Biggs' LPQ and its underlying theory in predicting academic achievement in Zimbabwean multiracial schools. Three hundred and seventy-six Zimbabwean black (157) and white (219) students (m…
International School Psychology
International school psychology is discussed in reference to scholarly and professional development within psychology, the emergence of an international association of school psychology, its efforts to promote school psychology, prevailing characteristics of school psychologists, and additional efforts needed to further enhance its development. Nine issues that will help shape the future of international school psychology are also identified. The…
Temperament Styles of Nigerian and U.S. Children
Temperament styles of 400 Nigerian children are described in reference to possible gender and age differences and compared with those of 3200 U.S. children in light of Jung's theory of temperament as modified by Myers and Briggs, one that highlights four bipolar qualities: extroversion-introversion, practical-imaginative, thinking-feeling, and organized-flexible styles. Nigerian children generally prefer introverted to extroverted styles, practic…
Temperament Styles in Zimbabwean Early Adolescents
The structure of temperament styles was investigated using Rasch analysis methods with data from 397 (46% males) Zimbabwean early adolescents. The students completed the Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ), a 69 item children's self-report measure of temperament styles that uses a forced choice item format. Each item was scored as a dichotomous Rasch scale variable. Principal component analysis of the standardized residuals yielded unidimensional …
Understanding Human Abilities in Sub-Saharan African Settings
Cultural communities define and promote human abilities they perceive to give expression to their core values. Indigenous sub-Saharan African communities place a high premium mainly on abilities that promote or give expression to the value of social interests. This article considers human abilities from a cultural psychology perspective, one that reflects the understandings of culturally competent informants of valid and valued abilities in their…
International Knowledge Displayed by School Psychology Students in the U.S.A
Psychology isbecoming a global profession whose members are expected to display knowledge ofinternational events and conditions that may impact their discipline. Knowledgeof important international events and conditions seemingly enables professionalpersonnel to more effectively obtain and use global resources and understand andguide global policy. Prior studies found young adults in the U.S.A. generallydisplay less knowledge of international iss…
If you do not know the child's temperament you do not know the child
Current scholarship generally characterizes temperament as stylistic and relatively stable traits that subsume intrinsic tendencies to act and react in somewhat predictable ways to people, events, and other stimuli. An understanding of children's temperament preferences aids our understanding of the origins of behaviors as well as normal attitudes children display at home, school, and elsewhere. The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduc…
Constructing a Framework for the Use of Tests Within a Developing Nation’s School System
Interpretive participatory action research methods were used to assist the education community in Botswana, a developing nation, to identify a framework for the use of tests in the nation’s schools. User preferences for understanding important learner-related qualities through the use of tests were emphasized. Participant informants were educators and school counselors ( n = 1,221), learners ( n = 355), parents/guardians ( n = 162), and education…
Factor structure of the inventory of adult temperament styles
Temperament refers to stylistic and relatively stable traits that subsume intrinsic tendencies to act and react in somewhat predictable ways to people, events, and stimuli. Temperament can be defined by four bipolar styles: extroversion-introversion, practical-imaginative, thinking-feeling, and organized-flexible. These four styles provide the theoretical structure for the group administered Inventory of Adult Temperament Styles (IATS).Validity e…
Temperament Styles of Children from Egypt and the United States
Estatus Internacional Sobre el Desarrollo y Uso de test
Se describe sobre el uso y desarrollo de test como el buque de bandera de la psicología aplicada. Este trabajo discute el estatus internacional sobre el desarrollo y uso de los test. Existen diferencias regionales e internacionales en el desarrollo y uso de los test, y se explican en referencia a las condiciones necesarias para apoyar estos aspectos. La relevancia de los test, como otras tecnologías, debería cambiar, a la luz de las necesidades c…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Feeling (5 works) · Personality (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Temperament (5 works) · Big Five personality traits (4 works)