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Direct linkThomas, Amanda Garland – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to understand the extent to which students' psychological sense of community was influenced by IM use using the psychological sense of community theoretical framework created by McMillan and Chavis (1986), and the student development theoretical frameworks created by Schlossberg (1989) and Astin (1984). Thus, this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Participation, Statistical Analysis, Psychology
Adams, Edgar D. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference between teachers' perceptions of principals' use of consideration and initiating structure and elementary school student achievement as measured by academic growth according to the results of North Carolina End of Grade tests for reading and math during the school…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Statistical Analysis, Grade 5
Download full textClotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2008
Using detailed administrative data for the public K-12 schools of North Carolina, we measure racial segregation in the public schools of North Carolina. With data for the 2005/06 school year, we update previously published calculations that measure segregation in terms of unevenness in racial enrollment patterns both between schools and within…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Racial Composition
Sangalang, Bernadette B.; Barth, Richard P.; Painter, John S. – Health & Social Work, 2006
This study examines a case management intervention for first-time pregnant and parenting adolescents. It compares a sample of 1,260 first-time adolescent mothers in the Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) in North Carolina with 1,260 first-time adolescent mothers who did not participate in the program (non-APP). Using birth certificate data,…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Early Parenthood, Intervention, Adolescents
Akos, Patrick; Lambie, Glenn W.; Milsom, Amy; Gilbert, Kelly – Professional School Counseling, 2007
Early adolescents make early career decisions in the form of curriculum choices for high school, and these choices can influence future postsecondary education and career paths. This exploratory study examined relationships between school and demographic variables and 522 eighth graders' choices of high school academic tracks. Analysis of variance…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Adolescents, Statistical Analysis, Grade 8
Bird, Ronald – 1989
Despite recent increases in teacher salaries, the earnings of teachers as compared to those of other college graduates in the Southeast have changed little in the last five years. This report compares the average annual earnings of teachers to the average annual earnings of college graduates in full-time, salaried nonteaching positions in the six…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Salary Wage Differentials
Johnson, Clara L. – 1974
Presented is an analysis of 1172 reported cases of child abuse in the eight southeastern States in Region IV (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi). Described in Chapter 1 is the methodology of the study including aims, sampling procedure, and data collection and processing. In Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research
Quach, Lan Hue; Heining-Boynton, Audrey L.; Wang, Chuang – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2007
In this study, we explored dimensions of a teacher?s experience with formal language study, time spent abroad, and levels of bilingualism as factors that relate to their personal teaching efficacy beliefs using a purposeful sample of teachers from North and South Carolina working with English Language Learners in the mainstream classroom. Our…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Bilingualism, Teacher Effectiveness, English Language Learners
Lys, Diana; Ringler, Marjorie C.; O'Neal, Debra – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
Educating students from linguistically diverse backgrounds has historically been the domain of the ESL teacher. However, new migration patterns and changing student demographics force the mainstream teacher into a new role: the language and content teacher. In order to embrace this new role, educators must implement instructional strategies…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Change, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
Peer reviewedLadd, Helen F.; Walsh, Randall P. – Economics of Education Review, 2002
Evaluates value-added approach to measuring school effectiveness in North and South Carolina. Finds that value-added approach favors high-achievement schools, with large percentage of students from high-SES backgrounds. Discusses statistical problems in measuring value added. Concludes teachers' and administrators' avoidance of low-achievement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Rating, Disadvantaged
CARLTON, PATRICK W. – 1967
BASED ON A 71 PERCENT RESPONSE FROM A SELECTED SAMPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS (345 MALE PRINCIPALS, 117 FEMALE PRINCIPALS, 399 MALE TEACHERS, AND 388 FEMALE TEACHERS), A STUDY WAS MADE OF EDUCATORS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THREE COMPONENTS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION--COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION, SANCTIONS, AND STRIKES. LIKERT-TYPE SCALES WERE…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, Females, Males
Yang, Xiaoyun – University of North Carolina Office of the President, 2007
The University of North Carolina presents the thirty-ninth annual "Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolinaa." This abstract covers the breadth of higher education activities in the State in their quantitative aspect, from simple counts of enrollment and degrees conferred to complex analyses of the flow of student…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Enrollment, College Housing
Matthews, Michael S. – Roeper Review, 2006
Dropping out of school has been presented as a serious problem affecting gifted students, with some authors suggesting that 20% or more of dropouts could be gifted (e.g., Rimm, 1995; Robertson, 1991). Longitudinal data from North Carolina were used to investigate high-school dropout rates among gifted students (N = 7916) who had participated in a…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Dropout Rate, Talent, Dropouts
Peer reviewedOkpala, Comfort O. – Journal of Education Finance, 2002
Discusses the role of selected variables in explaining changes in reading and mathematics achievement scores of fourth-graders in a low-wealth school district in North Carolina. Examines school and teacher characteristics, selected expenditures per student, and student demographics. Concludes that certain student demographic factors are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Chan, Leighton; Hart, L. Gary; Goodman, David C. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: Patients in rural areas may use less medical care than those living in urban areas. This could be due to differences in travel distance and time and a utilization of a different mix of generalists and specialists for their care. Purpose: To compare the travel times, distances, and physician specialty mix of all Medicare patients living in…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Patients, Rural Urban Differences, Access to Health Care
