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Poverty and Parent Marital Status Influences on Student Achievement
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Kelly Jones; Landon Clark; Randal Wilson; Mardis Dunham – Educational Research Quarterly, 2018
This study was designed to investigate the influence of poverty and parent marital status on eighth grade student achievement as measured by the EXPLORE, a precursor to the ACT. The sample included 520 eighth grade students at a middle school in West Kentucky--parent marital status, free/reduced lunch status, and EXPLORE test scores were obtained…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Structure, Marital Status, Correlation
Masculinity of Science: Unveiling Gendered Challenges of Female Science Teachers in Bangladesh
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Mim, Shamnaz Arifin – Gender and Education, 2022
Despite the existing gender stereotypes associated with science and masculinity, there are some female teachers in secondary co-educational schools in Bangladesh who are contesting this normative discourse by taking up a profession in the science field. This research is an attempt to make visible lived gendered experiences of female science…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Masculinity, Women Faculty, Females
Electronic Bullying and Victimization and Life Satisfaction in Middle School Students
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Moore, Page Malmsjo; Huebner, E. Scott; Hills, Kimberly J. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study examined the nature and prevalence of electronic bullying and victimization in a sample of middle school students in a southeastern USA school. Relationships among measures of electronic bullying and victimization and global and domain-specific life satisfaction were also investigated. A total of 855 7th and 8th grade US students…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Marital Status, Bullying, Life Satisfaction
Uncertainty in Early Occupational Aspirations: Role Exploration or Aimlessness?
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Staff, Jeremy; Harris, Angel; Sabates, Ricardo; Briddell, Laine – Social Forces, 2010
Many youth in the United States lack clear occupational aspirations. This uncertainty in achievement ambitions may benefit socio-economic attainment if it signifies "role exploration," characterized by career development, continued education and enduring partnerships. By contrast, uncertainty may diminish attainment if it instead leads…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Career Development, Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents
Families of Children with Disabilities: Findings from a National Sample of Eighth-Grade Students.
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Hodapp, Robert M.; Krasner, Diane V. – Exceptionality, 1995
Family demographics of 8th-grade students with visual impairments (n=89), hearing impairments (n=105), deafness (n=29), and orthopedic impairments (n=60) were compared to those of 22,368 additional U.S. 8th-grade students. Analysis revealed that families of children with disabilities showed higher percentages of divorce or separation, lower family…
Descriptors: Deafness, Demography, Disabilities, Divorce
Ethnic Differences in the Link between Physical Discipline and Later Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Parents' use of physical discipline has generated controversy related to concerns that its use is associated with adjustment problems such as aggression and delinquency in children. However, recent evidence suggests that there are ethnic differences in associations between physical discipline and children's adjustment. This study…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Marital Status