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Unger, Jennifer B.; Ritt-Olson, Anamara; Wagner, Karla D.; Soto, Daniel W.; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2009
Acculturation discrepancy theory predicts that conflicting cultural preferences between adolescents and their parents will increase the adolescents' risk for behavior problems such as substance use. This study evaluated this hypothesis in a sample of 1683 Hispanic students in Southern California who completed surveys in 9th and 10th grade.…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drinking, At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse
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Grant, Lyndsay – Learning, Media and Technology, 2009
Alongside other forms of social software, wikis have been heralded as supporting more collaborative and democratic teaching and learning practices. This paper explores, through a case study approach, the use of wikis to support a collaborative research project undertaken in a UK secondary school. Findings are analysed in the context of research on…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools
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Brown, Tiffany L.; Linver, Miriam R.; Evans, Melanie; DeGennaro, Donna – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
This study examined the relationship of racial and ethnic socialization and academic achievement in a sample of 218 African American adolescents (grades 9-12; 52% girls) attending a public high school in the northeastern United States. Researchers were particularly interested in whether adolescent gender moderated the relationship between racial…
Descriptors: African Americans, Socialization, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement
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Dolphin, Glenn – Science & Education, 2009
Current high school Earth Science curricula and textbooks organize scientific content into isolated "units" of knowledge. Within this structure, content is taught, but in the absence of the context of fundamental understandings or the process of how the science was actually done to reach the conclusions. These are two key facets of scientific…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Plate Tectonics, Scientific Literacy, Grade 9
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Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver – Learning and Instruction, 2009
This study examines the determinants of homework motivation and homework effort in six school subjects at three levels: student level, classroom level, and school level. We hypothesized that several factors--including stable personality characteristics such as gender and conscientiousness, students' domain-specific homework motivation, and…
Descriptors: Homework, Assignments, Sex Stereotypes, Family Characteristics
Roybal, Victoria M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The transition from 8th grade to 9th grade is one that is replete with challenges for students, especially for minority students who live in economically disadvantaged communities. One low-income, high minority comprehensive high school in the western United States implemented five separate strategies to create a freshman transition program to aid…
Descriptors: High Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Attendance, Grade 9
Texas Education Agency, 2011
This report reviews Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) examination participation and performance in Texas during the 2009-10 school year. Campus-, district-, and state-level examination results for students in Texas public schools are presented, as well as state-level examination results for students in Texas public and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Standardized Tests, Public Schools, Private Schools
Cantrell, Susan C.; Almasi, Janice F.; Carter, Janis C.; Rintamaa, Margaret – Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, 2011
This Striving Readers evaluation examined the impact of a targeted intervention for struggling adolescent readers and investigated the impact of a whole-school literacy model on students in participating schools. This study was conducted in ten middle, nine high, and two 6-12 schools in seven rural school districts serving large percentages of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Strategies
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Sherman, Helene J.; Catapano, Susan – Educational Research Quarterly, 2011
After-school programs specifically designed to improve students' mathematics achievement in collaboration with classroom teachers' planning and in class daily instruction have been found to be successful in improving student learning (Hock, Pulvers, Deshler, & Schumaker, 2001). The purpose of this article is to describe the results of an…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary School Mathematics, School Activities, Mathematics Achievement
Nelson, Leah; Feinstein, Sheryl G. – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this quantitative study is to determine how secondary students use conventions in classroom composition assignments compared to the Internet writing outlets of e-mail, instant messaging, and blogs. Thirty-two ninth grade students were identified to participate in this study. Half of the participants were deeply involved in online…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Writing (Composition), Internet, Writing Achievement
Mims, Adrian B. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This case study evaluated the significance of implementing an enrichment mathematics course during the summer to rising African American ninth graders entitled, "Geometry Honors Preview." In the past, 60 to 70 percent of African American students in this school district had withdrawn from Geometry Honors by the second academic quarter. This study…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Report Cards, African American Students, Honors Curriculum
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Dawson, Peg – Educational Leadership, 2010
Child psychologist Peg Dawson explains that some students who appear to be lazy simply lack the executive skills they need to stay organized and get their work done. She tells the story of Josh, a student with attention problems whose academic performance started plummeting in middle school. With the help of a coach, Josh learned to manage his…
Descriptors: Time Management, Study Skills, Child Psychology, Student Motivation
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Waters, Stacey; Cross, Donna; Shaw, Therese – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: Connectedness to school is a significant predictor of adolescent health and academic outcomes. While individual predictors of connectedness have been well-described, little is known about school-level factors which may influence connectedness. A school's ecology, or its structural, functional, and built aspects, coupled with…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Grade 8
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Somers, Marie-Andree; Corrin, William; Sepanik, Susan; Salinger, Terry; Levin, Jesse; Zmach, Courtney – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), just over 70 percent of students nationally arrive in high school with reading skills that are below "proficient"--defined as demonstrating competency over challenging subject matter. Of these students, nearly half do not exhibit even partial mastery of the knowledge…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Adolescents, High Schools, Grade 9
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Gutchewsky, Kim; Curran, Joanne – Educational Leadership, 2012
According to a 2010 report by ACT, "Only 31 percent of students are performing at a college-and-career reading level with respect to successfully understanding complex text" (p. 5). This statistic demonstrates what educators know: Middle and high school students face numerous challenges in reading, understanding, connecting to, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Reading Instruction, Time Management, Secondary School Teachers
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