Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 2 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 8 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 93 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 428 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Dowdy, Erin | 6 |
Gold, Ben K. | 6 |
Furlong, Michael J. | 5 |
Kester, Donald L. | 5 |
Ajayi, Lasisi | 4 |
Graham, Sandra | 4 |
Kahan, David | 4 |
Goldenberg, Claude | 3 |
Moore, Stephanie A. | 3 |
Morris, William | 3 |
Nylund-Gibson, Karen | 3 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Policymakers | 20 |
Practitioners | 10 |
Researchers | 7 |
Media Staff | 3 |
Administrators | 2 |
Teachers | 2 |
Community | 1 |
Counselors | 1 |
Support Staff | 1 |
Location
California | 780 |
Texas | 29 |
New York | 27 |
Florida | 21 |
Illinois | 21 |
Pennsylvania | 20 |
Massachusetts | 17 |
Ohio | 15 |
Oregon | 15 |
Washington | 15 |
California (Los Angeles) | 14 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards | 2 |
Abedi, Jamal; Kao, Jenny C.; Leon, Seth; Sullivan, Lisa; Herman, Joan L.; Pope, Rita; Nambiar, Veena; Mastergeorge, Ann M. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
This study sought to explore factors that affect the accessibility of reading comprehension assessments for students with disabilities. The study consisted of testing students using reading comprehension passages that were broken down into shorter "segments" or "chunks." The results of the segmenting study indicated that: (a)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Disabilities, Reading Tests, Test Reliability
Gullo, Krista; Haygood, Leah – National Environmental Education Foundation, 2009
When the modern U.S. environmental movement began in the 1970s, it relied largely on regulation to reduce negative environmental impacts. Companies responded by creating centers of environmental expertise within their organizations. The major focus of a second wave of corporate environmentalism, which began during the late 1980s, was on…
Descriptors: Employees, Environmental Education, Case Studies, Surveys
Martin-Dunlop, Catherine; Hodum, Peter – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2009
This article describes a research study in which a biologist and his research on Antarctic seabirds became part of an integrated science course for prospective elementary teachers. Students used the scientist's database on seabird chick growth rates for an experimental design investigation while the "regular" classes had a single science…
Descriptors: Research Design, Investigations, Scientific Principles, Databases
Root, Lonny Gene – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With the passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2002, schools, districts, and therefore, superintendents have been held increasingly accountable for the achievement of the students. The states and federal governments have used student achievement data to measure the progress and success of schools and districts and have held districts…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Decision Making
Lipp, Ellen; Jones, Brad A. – CATESOL Journal, 2011
In this pilot study, participating Hispanic and Southeast Asian freshmen took a writing-intensive history survey course with a weekly analytic journal task. The study examined the helpfulness of the weekly journal and the scaffolding steps provided by the professor and teaching assistants, by peers in their learning community, and by out-of-class…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Asian American Students, College Freshmen, Journal Writing
Osisioma, Irene U.; Onyia, Chidiebere R. – International Education Studies, 2008
This study explores urban secondary teachers' perception of how prepared they are to teach science through inquiry-based strategy. It was conducted against the backdrop of recent calls by the National Research Council (NRC) to restructure the way science is taught. Results described in this paper are based on data collected through a Likert scale…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education
del Prado, Alicia M.; Church, A. Timothy – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010
Enculturation is the degree to which a person adheres to the values and behaviors of an indigenous or ethnic culture. This study was conducted to develop the Enculturation Scale for Filipino Americans (ESFA). Items were generated from a literature review, interviews with 5 Filipino American academic experts, and a survey of 24 cultural informants.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals), Filipino Americans
Thu, Tran Hoang – Online Submission, 2009
This study investigates English as a second language (ESL) teachers' beliefs in grammar teaching. A 32-item questionnaire was administered to 11 ESL teachers in a language school in California. The results show that the participants generally believe that the formal study of grammar is essential to the eventual mastery of a foreign or second…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), English (Second Language), Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction
Toby, Megan; Ma, Boya; Lai, Garrett; Lin, Li; Jaciw, Andrew – Empirical Education Inc., 2012
In spring 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) began planning a pilot of an application for the Apple iPad, "HMH Fuse: Algebra 1," which was then in development. The application was to be piloted in four California school districts during the 2010-2011 school year. HMH contracted with Empirical Education Inc. to conduct a one-year…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Statistical Analysis, Inservice Teacher Education, Outcome Measures
Sung, Helen Y. – School Psychology International, 2010
Academic success among East Asian students is well known and almost stereotypical. Yet the attention to emotional well-being continues to be minimal. The discrepancy between academic success and social/emotional difficulties appears to be a problem among East Asian adolescents. This qualitative grounded theory study examines how the cultural…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Emotional Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2015
In 2015, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collected responses from more than 315,000 first-year and senior students attending 585 bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. This report presents selected NSSE results from students at 541 U.S. institutions or subsets of that group where…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
Van Meter, Kenneth G. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This micro-ethnographic study is an exploration of the relative degree of importance of the several components of a worldview as articulated by a purposive sample of fourteen upper division students currently enrolled in advance placement classes in ACSI and WASC accredited Christian high schools in Northern California. The research design uses an…
Descriptors: World Views, Ethnography, Questionnaires, Likert Scales
Ying, Yu-Wen; Han, Meekyung; Wong, Sandra L. – Youth & Society, 2008
The study assessed variation in cultural orientation among Asian American adolescents by age and ethnic density in the community. A total of 128 students at a public high school in Oakland, California, participated in the study. Of these early and middle adolescents, 86 were Chinese American and 42 were Southeast Asian American. They completed the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Recreation, Asian Americans, Questionnaires
Robinson, J. Gregg – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2007
This paper examines the role of poverty ideology in determining whether a teacher comes to teach at a poor school (presence) and whether s/he remains at this type of school over time (persistence). A sample of 400 teachers in San Diego California was administered a questionnaire that evaluated respondents' attitudes toward poverty. Teachers who…
Descriptors: Poverty, Teacher Persistence, Disadvantaged Schools, Ideology
Hodge, Samuel R.; Sato, Takahiro; Samalot-Rivera, Amaury; Hersman, Bethany L.; LaMaster, Kathryn; Casebolt, Kevin M.; Ammah, Jonathan O. A. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyze the beliefs of physical education teachers on teaching students with disabilities in inclusive classes. Participants were 29 physical education teachers from Ghana (Africa), Japan, the United States, and Puerto Rico. The research paradigm was qualitatively descriptive using a multisite interview design…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Physical Education Teachers, Disabilities