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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1978
Part of a series on student flow in the seven Hawaii community colleges, this report analyzes fall 1975 entering students in their fifth semester. Of a total of 8,979 entering students in fall 1975, 2,342 were registered in fall 1977, and 1,844 had been continuously enrolled over the five semesters. The continuation rate from the previous semester…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Credits, Community Colleges, Demography
Spencer, Edwin C. – 1977
The Norfolk, Virginia, city school system had the highest secondary school dropout rate in the State for the 1975-76 academic year. In the study discussed in this paper student dropouts are described from data in their academic files. The wish is expressed that by characterizing dropout prone students, something can be done to save them before…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agency Role, Dropout Characteristics
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Education, Science, and Culture Div. – 1980
This publication, an update of previous reports of the same title, provides information on language programs in Canada under the following headings: (1) programs in the nine provinces (excluding Quebec) including a description of minority language and second language education as well as French immersion programs; and (2) programs in Quebec,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Download full textCox, Richard H., Ed. – 1979
This collection focuses on research topics in physical education and athletics and includes the following papers: Methodological Problems in the Assessment of Personality from the Psychoanalytic, Behavioral and Cognitive Positions; Some Factors Affecting the Performance of Women in Sports and Activity; Multivariate Considerations in Children's…
Descriptors: Athletics, Child Development, Children, Driver Education
Greene, Myrna; Dravland, Vern – 1979
This study examined the teaching effectiveness of a random sample of the University of Lethbridge Bachelor of Education graduates and related various components of their success to the performance of those same individuals as students within the teacher education program. Results are discussed in four major sections: (1) a description of the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Evaluation Criteria, Factor Analysis, Predictor Variables
Folsom, R. E.; Weber, J. H. – 1976
Longitudinal measures of change are the most important kinds of estimates being produced from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). Several topics are presented in this report, most of which build on previous variance components analyses. The major areas covered are effects of stratification and clustering,…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, High Schools
KREISMAN, ARTHUR – 1959
A BLOCK TEACHING PROJECT BRINGING TOGETHER 100 STUDENTS AND 7 FACULTY MEMBERS, COVERING 6 AREAS OF SUBJECT MATTER FOR A TOTAL OF 12 CREDIT HOURS PER QUARTER FOR 3 QUARTERS, WAS SET UP. THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS MADE UP OF HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION (3 CREDIT HOURS PER QUARTER), WORLD LITERATURE (3 CREDIT HOURS PER QUARTER), ENGLISH COMPOSITION…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Course Organization, Cultural Education, Curriculum Enrichment
REICHMAN, WALTER – 1966
EVIDENCE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF PRESUMED VOCATIONAL MATURITY FACTOR SCORES WAS OBTAINED BY STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF VOCATIONAL MATURITY AND A GROUP OF CONCURRENT VARIABLES DEEMED RELEVANT TO VOCATIONAL MATURITY. THESE VARIABLES WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE GROUPS--FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development, Factor Analysis
Smith, Mary Lee; Glass, Gene V. – 1979
Using data from previously completed research, the authors of this report attempted to examine the relationship between class size and measures of outcomes such as student attitudes and behavior, classroom processes and learning environment, and teacher satisfaction. The authors report that statistical integration of the existing research…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationAtelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1977
A survey was initiated at the request of the U.S. Office of Education and the Energy Task Force to: (1) measure the increase in energy expenditures since the OPEC oil embargo of 1973-74; (2) assess changes in energy consumption over a two-year period; and (3) examine some of the specific conservation practices of higher education institutions.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Colleges, Educational Complexes, Educational Facilities
Pandey, Tej N. – 1978
The concept under investigation was the reliability of estimates of mean scores of groups under various assumptions of multiple-matrix sampling when reliabilities are computed according to procedures based on generalizability theory. Four different cases were compared with respect to the generalizability coefficients depending upon whether pupils…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Blattstein, Abraham; And Others – 1978
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between self-esteem and achievement and to explain why changes in self-esteem have not resulted in changes in achievement. It is postulated that self-esteem affects achievement indirectly through the medium of coping skills. Data from a study of 1657 students in 53 sixth grade classrooms in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Coping, Elementary School Students
Wheeler, James O.; Brunn, Stanley D. – The Geographical Review, 1968
Conditions and characteristics underlying the spatial distribution of Negroes in rural Southwestern Michigan are studied in this document. The migration of Negroes is traced into the area, the demographic composition is analyzed, and social and economic ties are compared with those of the white population. Census data and household interviews in 4…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Demography, Economic Factors, Geographic Distribution
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1975
This report presents the responses (in percentages) to each questionnaire item of a national survey of humanities faculty in two-year colleges. The data are preceded by a description of the procedure used for sampling humanities faculty, and a control group of department and division chairmen outside the humanities, in 156 two-year colleges. It…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Goal Orientation, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
Wright, William A. – 1973
The academic performance during Fall 1972 of regular admits, scholarship award winners, and disadvantaged students admitted under the exceptions admissions policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County is analyzed. Comparisons are made of the effect of tutorial assistance provided by the UMBC Learning Resources Center upon the grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
