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Xue, Haiping; Fang, Chenchen – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2021
We used the Hierarchical Linear Bernoulli Model based on China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2016 data and provincial high school acceptance rate data. We explored the relationship between provincial high school entrance examination competition and students' extracurricular tutoring participation during compulsory education. The study found that the…
Descriptors: Tests, Competition, High School Students, Student Participation
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Yan, Qing; Li, Chenggu; Zhang, Jing; Ma, Zuopeng; Luo, Fenglong – Frontiers of Education in China, 2018
Providing further knowledge to and refinement of public facility location theory, this paper focuses on the distribution of basic educational facilities in China. The aim towards an equilibrium in the distribution of education resources has captured widespread attention in recent years. The basis of an education equilibrium is the balanced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Equal Education, Middle Schools
David Bamat; Sean Vannata; Lindsey Liu; Alyn Turner; Molly Schlesinger – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2023
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) serves a diverse population of English Learners (ELs) with different ethnic backgrounds, cultural identities, and languages spoken. SDP's population of ELs has grown significantly, from about 12,000 in 2014-15 to nearly 20,000 in 2022-23, an increase of 66%. This community-informed study focuses on English…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students, English Language Learners
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Han, Song – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
In the current climate of pursuing educational equity, the construction of educational community is a worthwhile experiment in achieving equitable development of urban and rural education. Establishing a multi-channel cooperation mechanism between urban and rural schools and giving full play to the existing high-quality educational resources are…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Urban Education, Rural Education, Educational Resources
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Yang, Chunyan; Chan, Meiki; Chen, Chun; Jimerson, Shane R. – School Psychology, 2021
To advance cross-country understanding of parental perceptions of school climate, this study examined the psychometric properties of the Delaware School Climate Survey--Home version (DSCS-H) and also compared the parental perception of school climate among Chinese (n = 999) and American (n = 1,251) parents. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Educational Environment, Psychometrics, Cultural Differences
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Hai, Yuhan – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
The development of education to improve poverty in the region has become an essential direction of the world's poverty alleviation work. In the poverty alleviation by education work in China, educators who are on the front line of poverty are determined by education and nurturing their wisdom, leading countless children from families out of…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Principals, Poverty, High Schools
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Baoyan, Yang; Minggang, Wan – Chinese Education & Society, 2015
To a certain extent, the distribution of high school education opportunities among the population determines the stratification of high school education opportunities. The researchers examined the distribution of high school education opportunities within the county region based on survey data on middle school graduation education tracking in Q…
Descriptors: Social Structure, High Schools, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries
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Lyster, Roy; Ballinger, Susan – Language Teaching Research, 2011
This article serves as the introduction to this special issue of "Language Teaching Research" on content-based language teaching (CBLT). The article first provides an illustrative overview of the myriad contexts in which CBLT has been implemented and then homes in on the five studies comprising the special issue, each conducted in a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Gu, Wenyuan – Online Submission, 2010
Three mathematics textbooks of different grade levels, compared with Chinese math textbooks of the same grades, were selected that were used in some of the middle schools in Clark County Schools District (CCSD). Systematical review of the three textbooks were made grade by grade in order to figure out "Are Our Math Textbooks a Mile Wide and…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Textbooks, National Standards, Mathematics Instruction
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
These proceedings contain the papers of the 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2017), 18-20 October 2017, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Student Journals, Diaries, Self Management
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2012
For the thirty-fifth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Workplace Learning, Electronic Learning
O'Connell, Libby Haight, Ed. – Idea Book for Educators, 2000
The Fall 2000 and Spring 2001 issues provide ideas for teaching based on Arts and Entertainment and History Channel programming. The Fall issue contains study guides such as: "Inside Story: Street Racing: The Need for Speed" (analyzes the legal and moral implications of street racing); "Longitude" (examines the difficulties of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Astronomy, Biographies, Critical Viewing
Sanborn, Michelle; And Others – 1984
Designed to be used as a source of supplementary activities for courses in geography, world history, and world cultures, this unit focuses on current issues including political repression, multinational corporations, and urbanization. While emphasizing a personal perspective (how major issues have affected the daily lives of ordinary people) the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Asian Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Developing Nations