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Çarkit, Cafer; Özenç, Mehmet – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
Problem solving is one of the basic skills needed by individuals today. An individual who has attained problem-solving skills can both overcome difficulties in daily life and be successful in professional business life. In this respect, problem solving is considered as a skill that children should attain from an early age. Many variables are…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Children, Student Attitudes
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Sorensen, Lucy C. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2019
Purpose: In an era of unprecedented student measurement and emphasis on data-driven educational decision making, the full potential for using data to target resources to students has yet to be realized. This study explores the utility of machine-learning techniques with large-scale administrative data to identify student dropout risk. Research…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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Yamamoto, Yoko; Holloway, Susan D.; Suzuki, Sawako – School Community Journal, 2016
In spite of evidence indicating the benefits of parental engagement for children's achievement, little is known about the factors that contribute to parental engagement in countries outside the United States. In this study, we addressed this gap in the literature by examining teachers' outreach in addition to maternal psychological elements…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Parent Role
Sammons, Pam; Toth, Katalin; Sylva, Kathy – Sutton Trust, 2015
This report looks at children's education careers by drawing on data from a sample of more than 3,000 young people who have been tracked through school since the age of three. In particular, this research identified a group of disadvantaged children, establishing what predicted their academic success at the age of 11 and following them up to age…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Predictor Variables, Success
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Hartas, Dimitra – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Using a UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined the unique and cumulative contribution of children's characteristics and attitudes to school, home learning environment and family's socio-economic background to children's language and literacy at the end of Key Stage 1 (age seven-years-old).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Student Attitudes