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Robertson, Rachel E.; Sobeck, Emily E.; Wynkoop, Kaylee; Schwartz, Rachel – Remedial and Special Education, 2017
Evidence-based practices for children with disabilities have empirical support for their effectiveness; however, the demographics of participants making up the evidence base are generally unknown, leaving generalizability of the evidence unclear. This study presents a systematic literature review of participant racial and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Participant Characteristics, Special Education, Educational Research
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Woo, Jennie H.; Bentz, Alexander H.; Lew, Stephen; Velez, Erin Dunlop; Smith, Nichole – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
This "First Look" report presents selected findings about the repayment of federal student loans using data from the 2015 Federal Student Aid Supplements to two Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Studies (BPS) administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The report examines two cohorts of borrowers:…
Descriptors: Loan Repayment, Student Financial Aid, Student Loan Programs, College Students
Ma, David – Utah System of Higher Education, 2017
Relying on the data from Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), Utah State Board of Education (USBE), and National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), this report examines college participation rates of Utah high school graduates (cohorts 2007-2012) with a focus on the gap in college participation between Whites and minorities. The report also includes…
Descriptors: Student Participation, College Attendance, High School Graduates, Educational Attainment
King, David R.; Ndum, Edwin – ACT, Inc., 2017
We examined the validity of 10 psychosocial factors for predicting retention status (stay, transfer, or drop out) at the start of second year of college by fitting a mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression model. Data consisted of retention records of 9,364 students from 31 four-year institutions. Predictors included commonly used variables…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Social Influences, Predictor Variables, Undergraduate Students
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McNally, Sinéad; Darmody, Merike; Quigley, Jean – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
Socio-emotional development is increasingly recognised as playing a central role in children's academic achievement. However, little is known about the socio-emotional development of language-minority children on entry to school and how these children fare in comparison to their language-majority peers. To address this gap, longitudinal data on…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Academic Achievement, Language Minorities
Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2019
"The Roadmap of Need" is a whole child needs assessment for North Carolina youth, produced annually by the Public School Forum of North Carolina's Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP). The Roadmap includes 20 indicators of wellness across four domains: health, youth behavior and safety, education, and economic development. These four…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, After School Programs, Wellness, Counties
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Tezer, Murat; Ozden, Celalettin; Elci, Mucahit – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2016
In this study, the relationship between academic achievement and attitudes towards "technology and design lesson" of the middle school, eighth grade students' gender, family income level, parent education level attitudes towards technology and design lesson have been investigated, and examined the relationship between attitudes and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Middle School Students, Grade 8
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Cetin, Zeynep; Ozozen Danaci, Miray – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Child abuse, defined by the World Health Organization as "intentional or unintentional behavior by adults, society, or a country with negative consequences for the health and physical development of the child," is a social problem frequently encountered in all cultures and societies. It is need to this study because of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Prevention, Family Violence, Infants
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Ulmer, Ward; Means, Darris R.; Cawthon, Tony W.; Kristensen, Sheryl A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2016
This study explores whether performance in remedial English and remedial math is a predictor of success in a college-level introduction English or college-level math class; and whether demographic variables increase the likelihood of remedial English and remedial math as a predictor of success in a college-level introduction English or…
Descriptors: Investigations, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Reading, Remedial Mathematics
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Lau, Eva Y. H. – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
The research reported here examined Chinese fathers' direct interaction or engagement in children's education both at home and in preschool during the early childhood years using a Hong Kong sample in two studies. In Study 1, comparisons between father and mother involvement practices and examination of the associations between family background…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Parent Participation, Fathers
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Balkis, Murat; Arslan, Gökmen; Duru, Erdinç – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study was to examine the direct and indirect relationship between student school absenteeism, personal factors (academic self- perception, attitudes towards teacher and school, goal valuation and motivation/ self-regulation), family factors (parents' educational level and income), and academic achievement in structural equation…
Descriptors: High School Students, Attendance, Student Characteristics, Family Influence
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Peters, Scott J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018
The number of economically vulnerable students in the United States is large and growing. In this article, we examine income-based excellence gaps and describe recent controversies in the definition and measurement of poverty, with an eye toward their application to gifted education and meeting the needs of talented, economically vulnerable…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Family Income, Poverty, Socioeconomic Influences
Tongson, Mercedita B.; Eslit, Edgar R. – Online Submission, 2018
Research proved that teaching styles can make or break the learning process. Hence, performance of learners must be geared towards a learning environment that is engaging, enjoyable and fruitful. Anchored on Invitational Theory, Cognitive Abilities Theory and Sociocultural Theory, this study sought to determine the teaching styles of grade 7…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Van Manen, Karen W.; Mokrova, Irina L. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2018
The primary purpose of the 2016-2017 North Carolina (NC) Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Evaluation study was to examine variability in enrollment practices within the statewide Pre-K Program. Four major categories of enrollment practices were examined: recruitment, application, placement, and waitlist. The study involved all 91 local NC Pre-K Program…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Enrollment, Student Recruitment, Student Placement
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Ekici, Fatma Yasar – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The main aim of this research is to examine parents' views on technology use in the early childhood period. Survey method was used in this research. The research population consists of the parents, whose children go to the pre-school education institutions in Istanbul province. The research sample consists of 477 parents chosen by the random…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Parent Surveys
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