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Kelly, Steven N.; Heath, Julia D. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
This study compared selected musical, educational, and social characteristics of high schools ranked highest in "Newsweek" and "U.S. News & World Report." Questions addressed were (a) How are the top-ranked schools similar or different in educational, musical, and social characteristics? (b) What music courses are offered…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, High Schools, Comparative Analysis
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Lu, Jinjin; Jiang, Han – International Education Studies, 2016
A considerable number of studies have investigated students' learning in class and outside of class across subjects such as English, mathematics, and physical education in China and other countries. Scholars have found that students' activities in class and outside of class are closely related to their learning outcomes, self-regulated learning…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Correlation
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Wilkins, Stephen; Huisman, Jeroen – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Previous research has found that the images of universities formed by prospective students greatly influence their choices. With the advent of international branch campuses in several higher education hubs worldwide, many international students now attempt to construct images of these institutions when deciding where to study. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Applicants, Reputation, Performance Factors
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Wilkins, Stephen; Huisman, Jeroen – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2013
In many countries and regions around the world international students now weigh up the potential advantages and disadvantages of undertaking their higher education at an international branch campus rather than at a home campus located in a traditional destination such as the United States or United Kingdom. The aim of the research is to identify…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries, International Schools
Mahoney, Brian J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research study explored the concept of capacity building and motivation of staff by school leadership teams in the successful development and implementation of educational initiatives, specifically Response to Intervention (RtI). A great deal of scholarship has addressed leadership and its effect on motivation, but few studies have…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Response to Intervention, Teacher Motivation, Motivation
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Hou, Zhi-Jin; Leung, S. Alvin – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
This study examined the vocational aspirations and parental vocational expectations of high school students and their parents (1067 parent-child dyads). Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and an Occupations List. The Occupations List consisted of 126 occupational titles evenly distributed across the six Holland types. Parents were…
Descriptors: Expectation, High Schools, Occupations, Daughters
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Griffith, Amanda; Rask, Kevin – Economics of Education Review, 2007
The annual US News and World Report (USNWR) Guide to America's Best Colleges is much anticipated by both high-ability high school seniors and college and university administrators. In this paper, we use a decade of Colgate University "Admitted Student Questionnaire" surveys to estimate the influence of changes in a school's USNWR rank on…
Descriptors: Probability, College Choice, College Admission, High School Seniors
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Wirth, Eileen – Journal of School Public Relations, 2004
The massive sex scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church raises a question as to whether Catholic identity remains an asset that the nation's 8,000 Catholic schools should continue to promote. This case study found that continuing to promote Catholic identity has had no adverse effect on recruitment and enrollment at four Omaha, Nebraska,…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Public Relations, Reputation, High Schools
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Bishop, John H.; Bishop, Matthew; Bishop, Michael; Gelbwasser, Lara; Green, Shanna; Peterson, Erica; Rubinsztaj, Anna; Zuckerman, Andrew – Journal of School Health, 2004
Parents know adolescents can be cruel. They do not want their child rejected by peers. What is it like to be denigrated by one's middle school classmates? How common is a predatory anti-teacher peer culture in junior high school? Does it typically last into high school? How do peer norms of different crowds in a school get established? Who sets…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Norms, Ethnography, Educational Policy