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Basque, Marc; Bouchamma, Yamina – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of achievement in mathematics in elementary schools in New Brunswick (Canada). Data Collection: Both teachers and school leaders (N = 111) completed a questionnaire on their practices and on school functioning. Findings: Multiple regression analyses revealed that the students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Effective Schools Research, Predictor Variables, Elementary School Mathematics
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Lloyd, Jennifer E. V.; Hertzman, Clyde – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
The authors took a population-based approach to testing how commonly studied neighborhood socioeconomic conditions are associated with the language and cognitive outcomes of residentially stable rural and urban children tracked from kindergarten (ages 5-6) to Grade 4 (ages 9-10). Child-level kindergarten Early Development Instrument (EDI) data…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Rural Urban Differences, Foreign Countries, Urban Youth
Mutchler, Fred; Craig, W. J. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
The part of the educational system that has received least attention in the immediate past is the rural school. Much good work has been and is now being done in the reorganization of courses of study, in training teachers, in planning for material equipment, and all the various details that help make an efficient school system. While these efforts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Rural Schools, Preservice Teacher Education