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Seyma Inan; Yvette R. Harris; George Woodbury – Journal of International Students, 2024
This study investigates the relationship between acculturation and language attitudes among Turkish immigrant parents and their children's heritage language proficiency, using Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, 1978) and Berry's acculturation theory (Berry, 1997). Fifty-two Turkish parents (M age = 38.15, SD age = 4.84) completed…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Language Attitudes, Native Language, Language Proficiency
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Jillian J. La Serna; Emily Bivins; Tracey A. Benson – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
This mixed-methods case study examines data for over 1,500 student awards at two dual language elementary schools collected over the course of two years. Using descriptive statistics, this paper examines student representation by demographics in quarterly scholastic awards. Through document analysis of award descriptions, we analyze how students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Awards, Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education
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David DeMatthews; Alexandra Aylward; David Knight; Pedro Reyes – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
The superintendent is one of the most important positions within public school districts because they have the capacity to influence policies, practices, and perceptions among school staff while simultaneously holding sway over the public. Yet, few Latinx administrators are hired into the superintendency -- even fewer are Latinas. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Females, Superintendents, Disproportionate Representation
Rachel Burns; Sakshee Chawla; Cate Collins – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2024
Direct Admissions policies, first pioneered by Idaho in 2015, aim to simplify the path to college for high school students by proactively admitting students to state colleges and universities. Idaho's decision to implement Direct Admissions was motivated by a desire to boost its relatively low college-going rates and ensure that more of its high…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Student Characteristics, Demography
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Theodore Tarnanidis; John Tarnanidis – European Journal of Educational Management, 2024
The research's aim is to assess the services offered by Greek public secondary education schools, with the intention of identifying any discrepancies between students' expectations and their perceptions of the final services provided. The gaps discovered indicate that the school's educational services are not meeting student expectations in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Public Schools, High Schools
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Álvaro de Oliveira D'Antona; José Diego Gobbo Alves – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
We describe the use of tablet computers with ESRI Survey123 for data collection in sociodemographic surveys applied to land use and cover change studies. Based on the administration of 716 questionnaires during the expedition carried out in 2022 in 64 rural communities along the Rio Negro River, in the Brazilian Amazon, we evaluate the advantages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tablet Computers, Technology Uses in Education, Social Science Research
Christinia M. Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This Mixed Method Case Research Study (MMCSR) investigated the application of andragogical principles by adult fitness instructors at the Greater Louisville YMCA's. Utilizing the Modified Instructional Perspectives Inventory (MIPI) and a focus group, the study explored the instructional views of fitness instructors from an andragogical…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Physical Fitness, Educational Principles, Andragogy
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Shannon Stackhouse; Matthew Clifford; Lisa Hood; Reino Makkkonen; George Lolashvii – Grantee Submission, 2024
The Learning While Leading (LWL) professional development program motivates and further prepares administratively certified educators to become principals or assistant principals and offers continuous support to new principals during induction. The LWL program addresses a clear need for transitional support to motivate, fully prepare, and support…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership, Teachers, Transitional Programs
Kourtney Hines – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this correlational study is to determine the nature of the relationship between school and demographic factors and student achievement using data from the individual schools reported by a school district in Northern Texas. Answers to the following questions were sought: Do the teacher demographic factors (years of experience,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Institutional Characteristics, School Demography, Academic Achievement
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Sujin Kim – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
This article addresses the implications of intersectional qualitative interviews across identity categories of gender, race, ethnicity, and immigrant status. Responding to the research gap on the intersectionality in qualitative interviews and informed by the intersectionality framework, this reflective critical discourse study shares an analysis…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Sex, Race, Ethnicity
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Khaled Barkaoui – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
Many English-medium universities employ a compensatory model to establish cutscores on English language proficiency tests for student admissions. In this model, students can have different scores on different sections of the test provided their overall score meets the admission cutscore. This practice raises questions regarding potential variation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Language Proficiency, Profiles
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Kanyangarara, Mufaro; Douillot, Laetitia; Pison, Gilles; Ndiaye, Cheikh Tidiane; Delaunay, Valerie; Helleringer, Stephane – Field Methods, 2020
Migration of participants in demographic and epidemiological studies results in missing data. One approach to reduce resulting losses in statistical power and potential biases is to follow up migrants at their new residence. We describe the follow-up of migrants who were eligible for participation in a trial of a new questionnaire to measure adult…
Descriptors: Migrants, Epidemiology, Demography, Foreign Countries
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Calderon, Angel – Australian Universities' Review, 2020
This paper highlights some of the challenges being faced by Australian higher education which are likely to have an impact over the next ten years and beyond and opportunities to deal with them. In doing so, the policy settings from the Dawkins reforms in the late 1980s to the present which have shaped the higher education landscape are described,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Marshall, David T.; Neugebauer, Natalie M.; Huang, Lifei; White, Jamison – Journal of School Choice, 2022
Ample research has explored the nature and efficacy of urban charter schools since the turn of the century. However, much less attention has been given to the rural charter school sector. Using data obtained from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools from the 2018-2019 school year, we describe rural charter schools nationally in terms…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Charter Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Innovation
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Flynt Wallington, Sherrie; Greaney, Mary; Rampa, Sankeerth; Cummings, Carol – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: The link between limited health literacy (HL), an often forgotten social determinant of health, inadequate access to health care, and poor health outcomes demonstrates the need for better patient education. Understanding HL supports patient education on multiple levels. Purpose: Our objective was to measure HL and its association with…
Descriptors: Patients, Health Facilities, Health Materials, Information Literacy
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