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VG1 Faith Maturity Scale: A reply to Jerome Thayer
Kindergarten-Grade 12
A response to Thayer's proposal of a short-form of the Faith-Maturity Scale used in Valuegenesis I
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VG1 Good Adventist Schools Making a Difference
Tertiary-Lifelong
This article looks to the Valuegenesis research to show how Adventist schools can make a difference for the students who attend. It provides suggestions on encouraging academic excellence, strong relationships, school climate, ways that administration can...
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VG1 If You Can't Measure It, It Didn't Happen!
Kindergarten-Lifelong
Do our students have a rich, growing faith? Does the climate in our schools nurture faith? These and other questions are addressed in this article on how educational institutions measure the spiritual growth and development of their students. In addition,...
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VG1 Measuring faith maturity: Reassessing valuegenesis and development of a denomination-specific scale
Kindergarten-Grade 12
The Valuegenesis Faith-Maturity Scale and two related short-form scales developed for mainline Protestant use were evaluated for validity for Seventh-day Adventists. Inappropriate items were identified using statistical procedures and results from a survey...
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VG1 Measuring Quality in Adventist Schools - A Review of Valuegenesis
Kindergarten-Lifelong
This is a report of the Valuegenesis study of Adventist school students in Grades 6-12 which focused on school quality. In addition to an interpretation and overview of the results, the authors present good news, mixed news, and bad news, from positive perceptions...
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VG1 Perspectives on Values : A Project Affirmation Publication
Kindergarten-Grade 12
This book contains essays from distinguished educators and ministers on values. Find out how values are formed, how they are changed, and how they form a vital foundation to a Christ-centered life.
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VG1 Portrait of Adventist Educators
Kindergarten-Grade 12
A survey of recent research concerning the attitudes, perceptions, motivations, and characteristics of teachers and administrators in Adventist schools. Valuegenesis is one of the research projects. Topics covered are quality of Adventist schools, teachers...
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VG1 Report - Where Do We Go From Here?
Kindergarten-Lifelong
The third report focuses on areas of improvement the North America Division is planning based on Valuegenesis I research. These include: 1) Educating boards on the realities faced by church school teachers; 2) Acknowledging the renewed interest teachers are...
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VG1 Researching faith maturity questions on methods and findings of valuegenesis
Grade 6-Grade 12
Kijai interviews Donahue regarding the methodology of the Valuegenesis I study of students attending Grades 6-12 in North American Adventist schools
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VG1 Shall We Dance - Rediscovering Christ-Centered Standards
Grade 7-Tertiary
Recommended reading for anyone discipling Christian youth and young adults in home, church or school settings. Findings from the Valuegenesis 1 study provide the platform for discussion of standards re dance, music, movies or film viewing, sex, alcohol and...
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VG1 Teaching Values
Tertiary-Lifelong
This book is designed for anyone working towards the faith development of young people, drawing on the first North American Valuegenesis study. Filled with specific suggestions for hours of classroom activities, using a careful and complete approach to learning...
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VG2 Adventist Schools Do Make a Difference! A Report on Valuegenesis
Kindergarten-Grade 12
Do Adventist schools make a difference? V. Bailey Gillespie shares results from the first and second Valuegenesis studies on faith, values, and commitment in Adventist schools. Over 30,000 respondents from across North America participated in this two-phase...
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VG2 Boys and Girls Growing Toward God
Kindergarten-Grade 12
"We know a great deal about how boys' and girls' brains develop and the implications for educational theory, and so by abstraction, we can make some assumptions about growth in faith as well." This article reviews valuegenesis findings in light of...
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VG2 Canadian Report
Grade 6-Grade 12
The Canadian Valuegenesis 2 research reports the influence of family, church, and school in the faith, values, loyalty, and commitment of Seventh-day Adventist youth in the Adventist church in Canada.
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VG2 Once Upon a Time: What Valuegenesis says about the quality of Adventist schools
Kindergarten-Lifelong
The NAD second wave of faith maturity research provided interesting insights of students into the positive attributes of Adventist schools. These center on the themes of quality teaching, Adventist values, and school climate influences.
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VG2 Ten Years Later: A Study of Two Generations
Grade 7-Tertiary
What are the "big" things discovered in research about Adventist youth? This books shares topics such as: Focusing on Teens; Valuegenesis and the Journey of Faith; Loyalty and the Content of Faith; Personal Piety and the Quest for Spiritual Life;...
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VG2 The relationship between faith maturity, intrinsic and extrinsic orientations to religion and youth ministry involvement
Grade 6-Grade 12
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between faith maturity, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and youth ministry involvement. We used data from Valuegenesis II, a North American national survey of youths attending Seventh-day Adventist...
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VG2 Update 01: Faith Maturity Index, Prosocial Behavior Concerns
Grade 7-Tertiary
Volume 1 of Update!, the monthly newsletter of the Valuegenesis 2 research. In this issue: a Faith Maturity Index update, pro-social behavior concerns, a reflection of God's guidance in Valuegenesis1 vs. Valuegenesis2, and information about the first...
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VG2 Update 02: Personal Relationship with God
Grade 7-Tertiary
This Valuegenesis 2 newsletter shares findings regarding personal faith and relationship with God, and more about personal piety.
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VG2 Update 03: Grace vs Works Orientations: What Makes A Difference?
Grade 7-Tertiary
This Valuegenesis 2 newsletter focuses on why grace orientation is crucial, what the grace scale teaches us, more about grace and works, attitudes about God's law, and do we still have a works orientation.
