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McFarland, Joel; Stark, Patrick; Cui, Jiashan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
Dropping out of high school is related to a number of negative outcomes. For example, the median income of persons ages 18 through 67 who had not completed high school was roughly $26,000 in 2013. By comparison, the median income of persons ages 18 through 67 who completed their education with at least a high school credential (i.e., a regular…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, High School Graduates, Dropout Rate
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Ahi, Berat; Alisinanoglu, Fatma – European Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The purpose of the research is to evaluate pre-­service preschool teachers' knowledge about environment by analyzing their drawings about it. 70 first grade, 99 second grade, 56 third grade and 44 fourth grade, with a total of 269 students have been evaluated in this research. This qualitative research was made with social structuralism vision.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Concept Teaching, Knowledge Level
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Green, Andy; Green, Francis; Pensiero, Nicola – Comparative Education Review, 2015
This article examines cross-country variations in adult skills inequality and asks why skills in Anglophone countries are so unequal. Drawing on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's recent Survey of Adult Skills and other surveys, it investigates the differences across countries and country groups in inequality in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Comparative Education, Adult Literacy
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Wanzek, Jeanne; Kent, Shawn C.; Stillman-Spisak, Stephanie J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2015
Today's social studies teachers and students face an unprecedented time of standards and accountability. Students bring influences that may interact with the instructional context teachers provide for learning. Eighth- and 11th-grade U.S. history students (n = 512) from 11 schools (23 teachers), diverse in location, ethnicity, and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, United States History, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Hum, Gregory – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
This multiple narrative case study examines the experiences of six science doctoral students from a workplace learning perspective. For each participant, the following were gathered over 2.5 years: biographic questionnaires, 6-10 activity logs of a week's experiences, 2 pre-interview questionnaires, and 2 semi-structured interviews. Amongst the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Science Education, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies
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Charman, Tony; Ricketts, Jessie; Dockrell, Julie E.; Lindsay, Geoff; Palikara, Olympia – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Although it is well-established that children with language impairment (LI) and children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) both show elevated levels of emotional and behavioural problems, the level and types of difficulties across the two groups have not previously been directly compared. Aims: To compare levels of emotional and…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems
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Robinson, Zoe P. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
Are geography students good "environmental citizens?" Has this improved over time with increasing emphasis on sustainability within higher education? This paper compares environmental attitudes and behaviours of geography students at different stages of their degree and over a seven-year period. The findings show that although geography…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Geography, Sustainability, Higher Education
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Taifour, Akef; AL-Shishani, Ahmad; Khasawneh, Aman; AL-Nawaiseh, Ali; Bakeer, Mohammed – International Education Studies, 2015
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of 8-week aerobic exercise program on blood lipids and cholesterol profile of smoker's vs. non-smokers. A total of 34 male subjects (18 non-smokers and 16 smokers) took part in this study. Both groups were pre- and post tested in their blood-lipids and cholesterol profile before and after the 8-week…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Related Fitness, Exercise Physiology, Metabolism
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Kožuh, Ines; Jeremic, Zoran; Sarjaš, Andrej; Bele, Julija Lapuh; Devedžic, Vladan; Debevc, Matjaž – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
With the increased use of social media there is a growing interest in using social interaction and social presence in education. Despite this phenomenon, no appropriate methodology was found on effective integrating of both concepts into online learning. In this study, we propose integrating two different kinds of learning tools to provide social…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Online Courses, Integrated Curriculum, Integrated Activities
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Brimble, Mandy J. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
International trends for pre-registration nurse education at degree level alongside "widening access" initiatives mean that academic achievement of students entering via different educational routes is of interest to both higher and further education institutions. This article examines the academic achievement of students undertaking a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Bachelors Degrees
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Meng, Christine – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: This study examined whether approaches to learning moderate the association between home literacy environment and English receptive vocabulary development. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (2003 cohort) was used for analysis. Latent growth curve modeling was utilized to test a quadratic model of English…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
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Klauer, Karl Christoph; Singmann, Henrik – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Recent research on syllogistic reasoning suggests that the logical status (valid vs. invalid) of even difficult syllogisms can be intuitively detected via small changes in affective state (Morsanyi & Handley, 2012). In a series of 6 experiments, we replicated effects of logical status on liking ratings of difficult syllogisms (although their…
Descriptors: Replication (Evaluation), Logical Thinking, Likert Scales, Educational Experiments
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Akkakoson, Songyut – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
This study investigates the relationship between strategic reading instruction, the process of learning second language-based reading strategies and English reading achievement for Thai university students of science and technology. In a course in reading general English texts for 16?weeks, 82 students were taught using a strategies-based approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, College Students
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Romero-Contreras, Silvia; Garcia-Cedillo, Ismael; Forlin, Chris; Lomelí-Hernández, Karla Abril – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
Inclusive education is the most advanced form of recognition of the right to education. Mexico has made important legal and administrative changes to foster inclusion since the end of the twentieth century. This research assesses the impact of the Mexican pre-service teacher curriculum on 813 pre-service teachers' sentiments, attitudes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Morales-Vives, Fabia; Camps, Misericordia; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The main objective of this study is to determine to what extent the values held by student teachers at the start of a university degree programme coincide with the values that practising teachers consider important for their profession. Our findings show that student teachers and practising teachers have different value profiles, and that there is…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Values, Values Education, Teacher Attitudes
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