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Napier, Rebecca D.; Jarvis, Jane M.; Clark, Julie; Halsey, R. John – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2024
Despite adolescent girls' superior school achievement and high career aspirations, fewer women than men achieve career eminence. Understanding early influences on the development of gifted girls' career-related values and aspirations may help to explain this discrepancy in career outcomes. This article reports findings from a qualitative,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Education, Selective Admission
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Caroline Reale-Smith; Mario I. Suárez – Journal of School Violence, 2024
Research on LGBTQ+ students and their sense of belonging in public schools is necessary; minoritized students deserve to feel safe, validated, and valued in a space where they belong. Using the 2017-2018 School Survey on Crime and Safety public-access data, we align variables to Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems framework. This study explored…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Student Attitudes, Sense of Community, Bullying
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Murchison, Gabriel R.; Rosenbach, Sarah B.; Poteat, V. Paul; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Calzo, Jerel P. – Health Education Research, 2021
Belonging to a school Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) is associated with lower substance use among LGBTQ+ youth. However, it is unknown whether GSA participation facilitates access to resources for substance use concerns. Using longitudinal data from 38 Massachusetts high schools, we compared sources of support for substance use concerns…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Student Organizations, Self Esteem
Jessica C. Enyioha – ProQuest LLC, 2021
High school college advisors have a crucial role in providing college access for underserved students, yet there is little known about how they are prepared and supported in their positions. A multiple case study (Baxter & Jack, 2008) was conducted to examine the varying ecological factors that directly and indirectly impact college advisors'…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Counselors, School Counseling, Counselor Role
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Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.; Park, Nansook – School Psychology International, 2019
Perceptions of kindness at school have been linked to a few positive psychological outcomes including optimism, happiness, life satisfaction, and social goals. However, limited evidence has been generated on how kindness relates to academic-related outcomes. This study explored the association of perceived school kindness with different domains of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Environment, Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement
Voltz, Eileen – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Preparing students to be successful in their high school begins with their freshmen orientation program. Incoming Charter School of Wilmington (CSW) freshmen struggle to adjust to the demands of the curricula, learn the various technologies, establish new social relationships and navigate around their new school building. The CSW Freshmen…
Descriptors: School Orientation, Student Adjustment, High School Freshmen, Charter Schools
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Putarek, Vanja; Pavlin-Bernardic, Nina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
This study examined the relationships between motivational beliefs, defined as self-efficacy for self-regulated learning and achievement goals, engagement and academic cheating in the context of learning biology. Gender differences across these variables were also examined and both active and second-party types of cheating were included. Based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Self Efficacy, Independent Study
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Levites, Arielle – Journal of Jewish Education, 2020
What do Jewish day school students believe constitutes good understanding and worthwhile learning in the context of their encounter with rabbinic texts in the classroom? This article shares findings from an interview study of Jewish day school students in grades 9 through 12 regarding their attitudes toward the study of Talmud. I argue that high…
Descriptors: Jews, Judaism, Religious Education, Day Schools
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Christiani, Tabita Kartika – Religious Education, 2022
This paper is based on a quantitative research study of Christian adolescents in junior and senior high schools, in 12 Protestant churches in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, concerning their perceptions about LGBTQ+ sexualities. Using a "normalcy" perspective from disability studies, the study finds heterosexuality is normative; other sexual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Junior High School Students, High School Students
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Huang, Chuan-Yung; Su, Hui; Cheng, Siew-May; Tan, Chee-Seng – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
This study examined the effects of group art therapy on self-concept and peer relationships among adolescents using a mixed-method approach. Twelve recruited adolescents from a high school in Northern Taiwan attended weekly 2-h group art therapy sessions for 8 weeks. Through a discovery-oriented approach incorporating focus group interviews and…
Descriptors: Group Therapy, Art Therapy, Program Effectiveness, Adolescents
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Jones, Martin H.; Cooke, Toby J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
The academic consequences of being popular are well established, but much less is known about the academic consequences of desiring to be popular. Extant research on popularity goals only focuses on the implications for students' school engagement, help-seeking, and academic achievement. The current study expands these findings by examining the…
Descriptors: Social Status, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, High School Students
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Gamboa, Vítor; Paixão, Maria Paula; da Silva, José Tomás; Taveira, Maria do Céu – Journal of Career Development, 2021
Given the increased self-directedness of todays' career environment, career goals represent to some extent the exercise of individual agency, particularly during ecological transitions (e.g., school to work). The main purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between internship quality and career exploration behavior, considering…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Goal Orientation, Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness
Sullivan, Kaitlin; Crosland, Kimberly; Iovannone, Rose; Blair, Kwang-Sun; Singer, Leslie – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2021
Although there is a wealth of research supporting the effectiveness of using functional behavior assessment (FBA) to inform development of behavior intervention plans (BIPs), schools continue to find the FBA and BIP process challenging for implementation, particularly for students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBDs) in high school…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
Leria Joy McKenzie – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research has shown that only some teachers use learner-centered approaches in their instruction. However, it is unclear why and how those teachers use such approaches in their instruction. The purpose of this study was to examine one program--feedback, feed up, and feed forward--to understand why and how teachers choose to use this…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Best Practices, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation
Patricia E. Merewether – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Systemic gaps across educational opportunities for students of color and students from economically marginalized communities continue to exist in educational contexts. As Gorski (2018) stated, public education is supposed to be the great equalizer. Yet, we can see that our meritocratic system is creating further divides between those who have…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Courses, Credits, High School Students
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