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Download full textMeydan, Engin – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to investigate the motivation of secondary school students for chemistry class in terms of gender, class standing, school type, grade point average, average score in chemistry class, parents' marital status, parentals' bereavement, mother's educational background, and father's educational background. The survey model of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Gender Differences
Ersoy, Evren – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine secondary school student perceptions of parental attitudes with regards to specific variables. Independent samples t test for parametric distributions and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used for analyzing the data, when the ANOVA analyses were significant Scheffe test was conducted on homogeneous…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries, Democratic Values
Scovill, Kent; Tucker, Corinna Jenkins – Carsey Institute, 2013
In this brief, authors Kent Scovill and Corinna Jenkins Tucker describe Coös youths' mentor relationships using data from the Carsey Institute's Coös Youth Study collected in 2007. They report that, in 2007, a majority of Coös youth in seventh and eleventh grade (60.2 percent) report having a mentor. In addition, 68 percent of Coös youths' mentors…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mentors, Grade 7, Grade 11
Direct linkTelzer, Eva H.; Tsai, Kim M.; Gonzales, Nancy; Fuligni, Andrew J. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Family obligation is an important aspect of family relationships among families from Mexican backgrounds and can have significant implications for adolescents' well-being. Prior research and theory regarding youths' obligations offer conflicting hypotheses about whether it is detrimental or beneficial for adolescents' well-being. In the current…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adolescents, Family Relationship, Cultural Influences
Watson, Cathy; Chapman, David W.; Okurut, Charles Opolot – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
This study reports findings of a tracer that investigated differences in the profile and subsequent experiences of scholarship recipients in Uganda who were able to complete the lower secondary school cycle (O level) without interruption (N = 174) and those that dropped out before completing their O-level cycle (N = 51), thereby losing their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarships, Secondary School Students, Dropouts
Johnston, David W.; Lordon, Grace; Shields, Michael A.; Suziedelyte, Agne – Centre for Economic Performance, 2014
We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Knowledge Level, Health
