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Linlin Wang; Annemarie Hindman – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2024
Drawing on the data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), this paper used structural equation modeling to investigate the relations among emotional capital (behavioral engagement, school belonging, grit, peer social support, and life satisfaction), approaches to learning, and reading achievement…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Learning Processes, Reading Achievement, Multilingualism
Deborah Coleman Malone – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Although the Every Student Succeeds Act sets the parameters for parents and families to be involved in their children's education, there are no specified guidelines on how that involvement should be designed to best impact student achievement. The purpose of this study was to compare Grade 3-5 students' mean Milestones test scores in English…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Paz-Baruch, Nurit – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2017
The Actiotope Model of Giftedness focuses on the interactions between the individual and the environment. Developing excellence requires educational and learning capitals that can support the individual in achieving a specific target. This study examined differences in the educational and learning capitals of students graded in three levels of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Models, Human Capital
Harshman, Denise Galvez – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study applied four frameworks from academic literature in the areas of leadership, change process, 21st-century skills, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) to understand the various factors providing for success and participation of a school in the national science fair initiative (Programa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Styles
WestEd, 2014
Amargosa Valley School in Nevada could be considered representative of almost any preK-8 school that serves a large proportion of socioeconomically disadvantaged students and is focused on turning around persistently low achievement. Like other schools supported by federal School Improvement Grants, Amargosa is beginning to implement a reform plan…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Rural Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Achievement
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Wei, Dan – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2012
This paper examines how social capital formed by effective parental practices within Chinese families influences student achievement. Survey responses from 266 students from Grades 4 to 6 in a suburban elementary school in China were analysed to identify their perceptions of parental practices (support, pressure, help, monitoring and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Social Capital
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Roosa, Mark W.; O'Donnell, Megan; Cham, Heining; Gonzales, Nancy A.; Zeiders, Katherine H.; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Knight, George P.; Umana-Taylor, Adriana – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Mexican American youth are at greater risk of school failure than their peers. To identify factors that may contribute to academic success in this population, this study examined the prospective relationships from 5th grade to 7th grade of family (i.e., human capital [a parent with at least a high school education], residential stability,…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Role Models, Age, Mexican Americans
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Henry, Gary T.; Bastian, Kevin C.; Smith, Adrienne A. – Educational Researcher, 2012
Is a popular innovation for increasing human capital in the teaching profession--competitive college scholarships for teachers--effective? The authors show that one large and long-standing merit-based scholarship program (a) attracts teacher candidates who have high academic qualifications; (b) yields graduates who teach lower performing students,…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Merit Scholarships, Competition, Teaching (Occupation)
Bush-Richards, Angela – Online Submission, 2008
This report describes the amount of variance in student achievement that can be attributed to school, teacher, and student-level variables.
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Student Characteristics, Social Capital, Human Capital
Haskell, Diana; Haskell, Doug – 2001
Three recurring themes are found in "Choices and Change in Life, School, and Work" lessons for fifth and sixth grade students: human capital development; personal decision making; and participation in the labor market. The teacher's resource manual contains 15 lessons grouped into units, linking 3 lessons to a broad generalization about…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Economics Education, Grade 5
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Binder, Melissa – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Does living in a neighborhood with a high school affect children's decision to continue their schooling? A study of over 300 fifth graders and their parents in three Mexican cities found community residence is a significant predictor of desired schooling, even with comprehensive controls for child and family traits. (39 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics, Family Mobility