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Blackburn, Donald J.; And Others – 1975
Educational and occupational aspiration levels of secondary school students (grades 10 to 13) in Midnorthern Ontario, Canada were examined in conjunction with selected social and demographic factors. Data were obtained via 22,158 completed questionnaires (36 items in French and English for males and females) administered in 1972. Major variables…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age Differences, Demography, Extracurricular Activities
McEwen, E. C.; And Others – 1975
This book documents the results of a survey to acquire information regarding the English proficiency of second generation minority group children in Britain. The aim of the survey was to do the following: to establish the level of proficiency in English of minority group pupils of junior school age who had received different educational…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Massachusetts Department of Education, 2005
Retention is defined as when a student is required to repeat the grade in which they were enrolled the previous year. This report provides important information on statewide student grade retention statistics, including retention data by grade level, race/ethnicity, gender, in special education status, limited English proficiency status, and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Grade Repetition, Limited English Speaking, Racial Differences
Mumme, Debbie – 2003
This curriculum guide contains materials for a course that provides occupationally specific training designed to develop knowledge and skills for employment in the area of services for older adults. Contents include an introduction, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) covered; sample course outlines; instructional strategies organized…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging Education
Morris, Pamela; Jones, Stephanie; Smith, Jared – 2002
Although it is commonly assumed that children living in public housing are at greater risk of experiencing academic and behavioral problems than other low-income children, there is little research available documenting the circumstances and experiences of these children and examining whether differences in outcomes between them and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Age Differences
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2002
In May 2001, 7.8 million people in the United States (5.7% of U.S. workers) worked multiple jobs. The May 2001 Current Population Survey asked multiple jobholders their main reason for holding more than one job. These percentages of respondents gave the following reasons: to meet expenses or pay off debt, 27.8%; to earn extra money, 35.4%; to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Blacks, Debt (Financial)
Ellickson, Phyllis L.; McGuigan, Kimberly A. – RAND Corporation, 2005
The nation's youth are increasingly affected by violence, both as its perpetrators and as its victims. Many violence prevention programs aim to reverse this trend, but few have been rigorously evaluated, and even fewer have been shown to work. To devise better programs, researchers need more information. To that end, RAND researchers identified…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Violence, Prevention, Public Health
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2005
This report provides annualized enrollment information for the Wyoming community college system for the 2004-2005 academic year. This report presents tabular data on headcount, full-time equivalents, credit headcount by age, headcount by gender, credit headcount by county, credit FTE by county, headcount by credit hours, full-time and part-time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, College Credits, Ethnicity
Keeter, Scott; Zukin, Cliff; Andolina, Molly; Jenkins, Krista – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2002
This study describes the civic and political behavior of the American public, with a special focus on youth ages 15 to 25. Using an extensive national telephone survey of 3,246 respondents, the authors describe what citizens are doing, and how often they are doing it. They look at a panorama of 19 core activities--ranging from voting to…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Telephone Surveys, Youth
Forgasz, Helen J. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Findings from a survey administered to large numbers of grade 7-10 students are presented in this paper. The focus is on the students' attitudes towards the use of computers for the learning of mathematics. Background information was also gathered which allowed the students' responses to be analysed by a range of equity factors--gender, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8
Steinle, Vicki; Stacey, Kaye – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Over a period of about 3 years, 3204 students in Grades 4 to 10 completed 9862 tests to identify and track their interpretation of decimal notation. Analysis of the longitudinal data demonstrates that different misconceptions persist among students to different degrees and in different patterns across the grades. Estimating the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Bailey, Phillip; Daley, Christine E. – 1997
This study investigated predictors of foreign language anxiety in 210 university students enrolled in French, Spanish, German, and Japanese language courses. Several instruments were used to gather information on student characteristics, study behaviors, attitudes, and language anxiety experience during the fourth week of the semester. Results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Anxiety, College Freshmen
Kleckley, Bettie Joyner – 2001
This ethnographic study examined students' definitions of violence and aggression, the context in which threatening situations occur, and the strategies and consequences that a group of 30 urban African-American elementary school children used when they were in threatening situations. Data were obtained from several sources, including participant…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Differences, Aggression, Black Students
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed.; Bradley, Robert H., Ed. – 2003
Noting that there is near universal agreement that children from families with higher socioeconomic status (SES) have access to more of the resources needed to support their positive development than do lower SES children, this monograph examines the myriad questions remaining regarding relations among SES, parenting, and child development from a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Rearing, Children
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
The study of the "Economic Status of College Alumni" carried out on a uniform basis in 31 universities in 20 States is reported in this bulletin. These institutions are considered representative of universities for the country as a whole. Nearly 50,000 graduates, both men and women; contributed to the study by returning usable…
Descriptors: Alumni, Questionnaires, Age Differences, Place of Residence