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The Impact of Nonacademic Skill Sets: Associations between Approaches to Learning (ATLs) and Academic Trajectories in Grades 1-8 Using Reading and Mathematics Data from the Early Childhood Longitudial Study-Kindergarten
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Greenberg, Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Recent emphasis on effects of nonacademic skills served as a catalyst for examining Approaches to Learning (ATLs) variables from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten cohort (ECLS-K). Nonacademic skills play a role in academic success. A gap exists in the research highlighting and understanding the extent to which these nonacademic…
Descriptors: Children, Longitudinal Studies, Surveys, Learning Strategies
Strategies for Encouraging Students to Persist on Challenging Tasks: Some Insights from Work in Classrooms
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Roche, Anne; Clarke, Doug; Sullivan, Peter; Cheeseman, Jill – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2013
This article promotes the use of mathematically appropriate, engaging and challenging tasks to support learning that is worthwhile. The authors share insights from a three-lesson design experiment and the three tasks along with the results from their implementation are explored.
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Strategies, Learner Engagement, Mathematics Instruction
The Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale: Dimensionality and External Validity in Head Start
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McDermott, Paul A.; Rikoon, Samuel H.; Waterman, Clare; Fantuzzo, John W. – School Psychology Review, 2012
Given the importance of accurately gauging early childhood approaches to learning, this study reports evidence for the dimensionality and utility of the Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale for use with disadvantaged preschool children. Data from a large (N = 1,666) sample representative of urban Head Start classrooms revealed three reliable…
Descriptors: Evidence, Disadvantaged Youth, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies
Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (10th, Wuhan, China, June 25-28, 2017)
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Hu, Xiangen, Ed.; Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Hershkovitz, Arnon, Ed.; Paquette, Luc, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graphs, Data Use