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'The Danes Are Rich and Live in the Villas; the Others Live in the Blocks of Flats': On the Social and Material Character of Diversity in Children's School Life in Denmark
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Jensen, Sarah – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
In post-structurally informed research, the answer to the widely documented 'achievement gap' among ethnic minorities has been a critique of educational institutions' monocultural discourse and its exclusionary effects, thus highlighting a contingent, "discursive" conception of diversity. However, in this empirical article, 10- to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Ethnic Groups
Learning with Large, Complex Data and Visualizations: Youth Data Wrangling in Modeling Family Migration
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Kahn, Jennifer; Jiang, Shiyan – Learning, Media and Technology, 2021
We present a micro-analysis of youth interactions with large complex, socioeconomic datasets and data visualization tools. Middle and high school youth used georeferenced data and data visualization tools to assemble models that present their family migration histories in relation to larger socioeconomic trends in a summer program. Using…
Descriptors: Visualization, Data Use, Data Interpretation, Decision Making
Self-Efficacy and Literacy: A Paired Difference Approach to Estimation of Over-/Under-Confidence in Mathematics- and Science-Related Tasks
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Cheema, Jehanzeb R.; Skultety, Lisa S. – Educational Psychology, 2017
Subject-specific self-efficacy is a measure of confidence in one's own ability to complete tasks related to that subject. This confidence does not necessarily reflect actual ability in the subject and can be an over- or underestimate of true ability. We use nationally representative samples of 15-year-old students from the US to measure the degree…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Scientific Literacy, Mathematics Skills, Adolescents
Schools and Drug Markets: Examining the Relationship between Schools and Neighborhood Drug Crime
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Willits, Dale; Broidy, Lisa M.; Denman, Kristine – Youth & Society, 2015
Research on drug markets indicates that they are not randomly distributed. Instead they are concentrated around specific types of places. Theoretical and empirical literature implicates routine activities and social disorganization processes in this distribution. In the current study, we examine whether, consistent with these theories, drug…
Descriptors: Crime, Drug Abuse, Neighborhoods, Schools
Characteristics Associated with Sleep Duration, Chronotype, and Social Jet Lag in Adolescents
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Malone, Susan Kohl; Zemel, Babette; Compher, Charlene; Souders, Margaret; Chittams, Jesse; Thompson, Aleda Leis; Lipman, Terri H. – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
Sleep is a complex behavior with numerous health implications. Identifying sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of sleep is important for determining those at greatest risk for sleep-related health disparities. In this cross-sectional study, general linear models were used to examine sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics…
Descriptors: Sleep, Adolescents, Social Influences, Behavior
Parental Education Level Positively Affects Self-Esteem of Turkish Adolescents
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Sahin, Ertugrul; Barut, Yasar; Ersanli, Ercüment – Online Submission, 2013
Although the literature on self-esteem has a long and prolific history in Turkey regarding which demographics may influence the self-esteem of adolescents. The research findings are intricate and undermine the need of further research in Turkey. This cross-sectional study re-examined the effects of age, grade level and education level of a mother…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Self Esteem