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White Hughto, Jaclyn M.; Biello, Katie B.; Reisner, Sari L.; Perez-Brumer, Amaya; Heflin, Katherine J.; Mimiaga, Matthew J. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Differences in sexual health-related outcomes by sexual behavior and identity remain underinvestigated among bisexual female adolescents. Methods: Data from girls (N?=?875) who participated in the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey were analyzed. Weighted logistic regression models were fit to examine sexual and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Health Behavior, Risk, Sexual Orientation
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Mallett, Clifford J.; Rynne, Steven B.; Billett, Stephen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background and purpose: This paper attempts to move the discussion of high-performance coach development from an examination of coaches' volume of experiences towards a consideration of the contribution of the learning experiences that coaches have reported throughout their careers. Furthermore, a discussion of proximal and distal guidance in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletic Coaches, Coaching (Performance), Learning Experience
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Chen, Xiaoying; Yur-Austin, Jasmine – Journal of Education for Business, 2016
Since mid-2007, the United States has experienced the direst economic recession since the Great Depression. While considerable institutional resources have been spent on boosting 4-year graduation rates, many college students purposefully delayed graduation, waiting to enter the labor market until the overall economic situation had improved. The…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Time to Degree, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Gulosino, Charisse; Franceschini, Louis, III; Hardman, Portia – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2016
The primary aim of this study is to use the survey items from the TELL Tennessee Survey (2013) using the Competing Values Framework (CVF) (Quinn and Rohrbaugh's model of organizational effectiveness) to determine whether teachers' observations about a set of topically organized school climate dimensions and school performance levels are associated…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Organizational Effectiveness
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Brumbaugh, Laura; Cater, Melissa – Journal of Leadership Education, 2016
A successful component of programs designed to deliver youth leadership develop programs are youth educators who understand the importance of utilizing research-based information and seeking professional development opportunities. The purpose of this study was to determine youth educator's perceived confidence in leading youth leadership…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Leadership Training, Teacher Role, Attitude Measures
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Metila, Romylyn A.; Pradilla, Lea Angela S.; Williams, Alan B. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
This study reports on the implementation of mother tongue education in linguistically diverse contexts (LDC), or locations where a number of mother tongues (MT) are spoken. In 2012, the Government of the Philippines implemented a Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education program for the first 4 years of schooling (K-3). The Philippine Department…
Descriptors: Native Language, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Multilingualism
Costa, Lois – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative study considers which aspects of school climate support or inhibit student achievement as each aspect relates to school leadership and school reform efforts. Due to the increased responsibility and accountability which schools face during these challenging times, school climate and the role of the school principal formed the basis…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Leadership, Educational Improvement, Qualitative Research
Pold, Jack; Mulvey, Patrick – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2016
This report presents trend data on the status of physics PhDs one year after receiving their degree. For the last decade postdoctoral fellowships were the most commonly reported positions taken by physics PhDs in the year after receiving their degree. The type of initial employment for of physics PhDs varied depending on the subfield of their…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Physics, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Frenette, Marc; Frank, Kristyn – Statistics Canada, 2016
This "Economic Insights" article documents age-adjusted mean earnings by detailed field of study among 25- to 54-year-old university and college graduates who worked full year, full time in 2010. The data are drawn from the 2011 National Household Survey. The results suggest that management sciences and quantitative methods graduates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Income, Education Work Relationship
Castilleja Gray, Beatrice – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and describe the most important factors that motivate or deter teachers in deciding to take on the informal or formal role of teacher-leader in Riverside County elementary school districts. Methodology: Endemic of a Delphi method, the instruments used within this study collected data…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Delphi Technique, Capacity Building, Elementary School Teachers
Jacobson, Miriam R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Understanding how evaluation audiences perceive credibility can help evaluators design evaluations and reports that support appropriate use. While researchers have studied credibility assessment among various educational stakeholders, little research has been conducted with the broader public. This study explored potential factors affecting the…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Credibility, Educational Assessment, Institutional Evaluation
Bartch, Catherine E. M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Youth today are participating in political and civic life in new and emerging ways--some positive and some negative--but there is scant evidence that these new forms of engagement spawn enduring forms of participation to enhance democratization at all levels in society. How, then, do we educate for democracy and for what type of democracy,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Case Studies, Surveys
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Sparks, Dinah; Malkus, Nat – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
This report uses teacher responses to the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) public and private school teacher questionnaires from the 2003-04, 2007-08, and 2011-12 school years. SASS is a system of related questionnaires that provide descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education in the United States. The SASS system covers…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Job Satisfaction, Teachers
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Stuart, Elizabeth A.; Dong, Nianbo; Lenis, David – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Complex surveys are often used to estimate causal effects regarding the effects of interventions or exposures of interest. Propensity scores (Rosenbaum & Rubin, 1983) have emerged as one popular and effective tool for causal inference in non-experimental studies, as they can help ensure that groups being compared are similar with respect to a…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Probability, Surveys, Computation
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Alfaifi, Mousa S. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
This study aimed to determine the level of self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) among undergraduate students at Saudi Electronic University in Saudi Arabia. Also, investigated were potential relationships between the level of self-directed learning readiness and selected demographic variables such as gender and specific college within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Readiness, Undergraduate Students, Correlation
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