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Amin Khalifeh; Mohammad Hamdi Al Khasawneh; Mohammad Alrousan; Ahmad Samed Al-Adwan; Firas Wahsheh; Fandi Yousef Omeish; Husam Ananzeh – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2024
Aim/Purpose: This research aims to empirically investigate and answer the following research questions: Do students' self-control and smartphone e-learning readiness influence smartphone-cyberloafing, and does gender play a role in this relationship? Background: Research indicates that many students' learning time is wasted due to cyberloafing,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Self Control, Telecommunications
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Jilli Jung; Andrew Fenelon – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background and Purpose: Sleep is an important determinant of health in adolescence, but many adolescents around the world are sleep-deprived. Compared to children and adults, getting enough sleep is especially challenging for adolescents due to the natural alteration of circadian rhythms that govern sleep-wake cycles. The delayed circadian rhythm…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Adolescents, Sleep
Emily V. Saland – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This single site case study investigated the phenomenon of narrowly missed on-time graduation (bachelor's degree completion within four years rather than five) among first-time, full-time undergraduate students at one private residential college in the Northeastern United States. Lengthening time to an undergraduate degree is a national trend; the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Time to Degree
Christy, Leona; Walne, Marina; Pandit, Mukta; Hassel, Bryan; Kim, Juli; Hargrave, Elaine – National Charter School Resource Center, 2015
The charter sector has grown dramatically since its beginnings in Minnesota almost a quarter of a century ago. Today, an estimated 2.5 million children attend approximately 6,400 charter schools across the country, and all but 8 states have charter laws in place. The expansion of the sector has been accompanied by an increase in public commentary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charter Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
Hein, Vanessa; Smerdon, Becky; Sambolt, Megan – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2013
The purpose of this brief is to provide information to state, district, and school personnel seeking support to determine whether their students are on a path to postsecondary success. The College and Career Readiness and Success Center (CCRS Center) has received technical assistance requests from a number of states regarding factors that predict…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Postsecondary Education, Success, College Readiness
Baker, Janice; Zigmond, Naomi – 1990
The study examined how adding students with learning disabilities (LD) to regular education classrooms changed the behavior of nonhandicapped students and their teachers. Initial observations were of mainstream classes containing no learning-disabled students. Observations were again conducted after LD students had been mainstreamed for 8 months.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities