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Download full textWalton, Kate E.; Burrus, Jeremy – ACT, Inc., 2020
In this study, the authors examined whether placing demographic questions at the beginning of a survey impacts student responses to a social and emotional skills assessment. Participants were students who took the ACT® test on the national testing date in December 2019 and responded to an invitation to participate in research after completing the…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Questionnaires, Emotional Development, Social Development
Xu, Bo; Liu, Dongfang – International Education Studies, 2016
Due to increased college admission requirements and a 20-year flat-lined trend in ACT scores, it is imperative for education leaders across the nation to implement effective strategies to increase ACT composite scores. High school principals, as instructional leaders and decision makers, are the major stakeholders who are vested in the outcomes of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, High Schools, College Readiness
Haynes, J. Chris; Stripling, Christopher T. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
School-based agricultural education programs provide contextualized learning environments for the teaching of core academic subject matter. This study sought to examine the mathematics efficacy and professional development needs of Wyoming agricultural education teachers related to teaching contextualized mathematics. Wyoming agricultural…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Agricultural Education, Faculty Development
Honken, Nora; Ralston, Patricia A.; Tretter, Thomas R. – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Self-control has been related to positive student outcomes including academic performance of college students. Because of the critical nature of the first semester academic performance for engineering students in terms of retention and persistence in pursuing an engineering degree, this study investigated the relationship between freshmen…
Descriptors: Self Control, Engineering Education, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedRose, Harriett A.; Elton, Charles F. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1973
Declarers of above average, average, and below average Practical Skills on the ACT Student Profile Report were compared on the basis of OPI personality scale scores by means of multivariate analysis of covariance. Results indicated significant differences by level of Practical Skill and no significant interaction between sex and practical skill…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Disadvantaged, Industrial Arts, Personality Development
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1976
For the past six years the National Assessment of Educational Progress has sponsored a national Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, designed to promote and improve communications among educational assessment personnel in State Departments of Education and other agencies. This volume contains most of the papers that were accepted for presentation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment
