Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
| Females | 6 |
| Preadolescents | 6 |
| Children | 2 |
| Elementary School Students | 2 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Intervention | 2 |
| Mixed Methods Research | 2 |
| Role | 2 |
| Social Influences | 2 |
| Student Behavior | 2 |
| Academic Achievement | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| ProQuest LLC | 6 |
Author
| Allen, Debra | 1 |
| Cunningham, Jennifer L. | 1 |
| Henshaw, Matthew James | 1 |
| Lara, Margaret A. | 1 |
| Linda Thomas Poindexter | 1 |
| Loyd, Heather Michele | 1 |
Publication Type
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 6 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Grade 6 | 1 |
| Intermediate Grades | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkLinda Thomas Poindexter – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed in this study was the increase in discipline infractions during the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 school years among Black six-grade tween girls in Jefferson County Schools (JCS, a pseudonym). The numbers indicated a 44% increase in discipline infractions over a 4-year period. The purpose of this basic…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, African American Students, Preadolescents, Females
Henshaw, Matthew James – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of the study was to contribute to the literature regarding how STEM experiences affect preadolescent female students. More specifically, the purpose was to better understand the experience of 250 female fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students at a summer STEM camp and how those experiences might impact their interest in STEM subjects…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Preadolescents, Females, STEM Education
Allen, Debra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed method participatory action research study investigated the relationships of effective teaching strategies and gender based learning environments to pre-adolescent females' self-efficacy of mathematical ability, classroom participatory behaviors, and academic achievement in the area of mathematics. Research-based teaching…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Participatory Research, Action Research, Teaching Methods
Cunningham, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this sequential, explanatory mixed methods research study was to understand what factors influenced African American maternal intentions to get their daughters aged 9 years to 12 years vaccinated in Alabama. In the first, quantitative phase of the study, the research questions focused on identifying the predictive power of eleven…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Immunization Programs, Barriers, Regression (Statistics)
Lara, Margaret A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study discusses the results of a content analysis of 75 Latina biographies for primary and pre-adolescent students that were published over a 16-year period, spanning from 1995 to 2010. Significant to this study was how Latinas were represented in the biographies and what changes can be seen over time. Using a rubric based on research by…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Biographies, Females, Elementary School Students
Loyd, Heather Michele – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Rooted in sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in the inner city Neapolitan neighborhood of the Quartieri Spagnoli, this dissertation analyzes the sociocultural and linguistic lifeworlds of five- to twelve-year-old girls as they grow up amid urban poverty. The dissertation demonstrates how Quartieri Spagnoli girls learn and deploy…
Descriptors: Females, Resilience (Psychology), Empowerment, Sexual Identity
