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Robertshaw, Dianne; Wolfle, Lee M. – 1980
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) including the 1976 follow-up were used to examine the effects of interrupting or delaying school attendance on the eventual educational attainment of white male students. Background variables include socioeconomic and other family characteristics. Achievement test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Dropouts
Moles, Oliver C.; Perry, Esther – 1975
This paper presents a study which related teachers expectations of student achievement after two weeks of classroom contact to several possible sources: student classroom performance, prior school performance, parental involvement, and student status characteristics. Their temporal order and relative influence are examined via a path model and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Background, Behavior Patterns, Class Activities
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McCoy, Leah P.; Dodl, Norman R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Describes a study that examined the effect of computer programing experience on the mathematical problem solving achievement of high school students. The variables studied are discussed, including gender, ability, socioeconomic status, prior math experience, and access to a home computer, and a path analysis model is explained. (34 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Microcomputers
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Thompson, Margaret; And Others – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1991
Describes a study of high school students that examined responses to a music video dealing with teenage pregnancy. Students' motivations for viewing music videos, experiences with sex and pregnancy, and family communication patterns are related to the cognitive activities of thinking about the video content and relating it to their own lives. (20…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Cognitive Structures, Content Analysis, Correlation
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Swaim, Randall C.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1993
Applies a path model previously used for Anglo youth to the relationships among family strengths, religious identification, school adjustment, family sanctions against drug use, and peer relationships and youth drug use for 477 American Indian high school juniors and seniors. Discusses differences in findings from those for Anglo youth. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Culver, Steven M.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
A model of influences affecting early career teachers' job satisfaction was developed and tested. The path model, tested with 250 Black and 262 White teachers, indicated that influences leading to satisfaction differ across racial groups; and sexual differences should be considered in teacher induction and training. (TJH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Black Teachers, Comparative Analysis
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Baker, Jean A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1998
Classroom social climate, stress, social support, quality of family life, psychological distress, and academic self-concept were modeled in a path analysis as predictors of school satisfaction (N=129). A caring, supportive school community was most predictive of students' satisfaction. Implications for prevention and intervention efforts with…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Environment, Counseling, Elementary Education
Lance, Keith Curry – School Library Media Quarterly, 1994
Discusses the major findings of the 1988-89 study that investigated the impact of school library media centers on academic achievement in Colorado public schools. Highlights include research methodology; the effects of staff size, collection variety, funding, and library media specialists' instructional role; and suggestions for further research.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
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Karagiannopoulou, E.; Christodoulides, P. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The relationship between university students' perceptions of their academic environment, their approaches to study, and academic outcomes was investigated for first and fourth-final year students. The responses of 88 first and 92 fourth year students were analysed using a path analysis model. Students' perceptions of the learning environment were…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Educational Environment, Path Analysis, Factor Analysis
Moore, William P.; Esselman, Mary E. – 1994
This study hypothesizes that a sense of personal and teaching efficacy can be explained, in part, by a historical pattern of student achievement performance and workplace context. To measure perceptions of efficacy, power, and school climate, a questionnaire was completed by approximately 1,500 elementary school teachers in the spring terms of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Context Effect, Decision Making
Martinez-Pons, Manuel; Zimmerman, Barry J. – 1990
This study examines differences in the academic achievement of Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Central/South Americans, and the relationship of those differences to the time spent on homework, educational-occupational aspirations, and background. The following parental factors are examined: (1) the press for English; (2) the press for independence; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Cubans, Elementary Secondary Education
Tuijnman, Albert – 1989
A study investigated the contribution of adult education in complementing and mediating the effects of early formal schooling on life chances, job satisfaction, and general well-being. Data collected for the cohort of Swedish men followed up in the Malmo study from 1938 to 1988 were examined. The study used measures of home background, disposition…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – 1980
Three models of multiple regression analysis (MRA): single equation, commonality analysis, and path analysis, were applied to longitudinal data from the Pennsylvania Vocational Development Study. Variables influencing weekly income of vocational education students one year after high school graduation were examined: grade point averages (grades…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, High School Graduates, High Schools, Income
Anderson, Barry D.; Tissier, Ronald M. – 1972
A need to provide more data about the impact of schools on children in terms of manipulable variables prompted an examination of the relationship between school organization and student aspirations for further education. A causal model is examined which would enable investigation of the mechanism by which school contexts could alter aspiration.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bureaucracy, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
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Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald – Rural Sociology, 1987
Proposes social structural view of poverty rates as a function of local opportunity instead of individual-level focus on who is poor. Defines poverty rates as a function of industrial structure and relative power of labor in a locality. Confirms theoretical model with data from 46 South Carolina counties. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Definitions, Economic Opportunities, Employment Patterns
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