Not exact matches
However,
positive beliefs and high aspirations play an additional and significant role
in predicting better A-level
outcomes.
According to a recent implementation study with the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University, Aim High is helping students reach
positive outcomes, and the teaching and instructional practices result
in «increased self - efficacy, or the
belief in one's ability to succeed» for its students.
Positive beliefs about families and track record of engaging families
in ways that improve student
outcomes (attendance, motivation, behavior, achievement).
We include
in this category those general and specific
beliefs that serve as a basis for hope and that sustain coping efforts
in the face of the most adverse condition... Hope can exist only when such
beliefs make a
positive outcome seem possible, if not probable.
Recent empirical findings suggest that greater
belief in free will predicts
positive behavioral
outcomes, such as lowered aggression, decreased cheating, bettered work performance, and improved learning.