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Deering, Pamela Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research compares and contrasts two approaches to predictive analysis of three years' of school district data to investigate relationships between student and teacher characteristics and math achievement as measured by the state-mandated Maryland School Assessment mathematics exam. The sample for the study consisted of 3,514 students taught…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Mathematics Achievement
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Dan, Yongjun; Wei, Tianlan; Zhao, Wenjun – Journal of International Social Studies, 2013
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a History Interest Inventory (HII) to measure Chinese K-12 students' history interest. In this study, data were drawn from two independent samples of a city in Eastern China, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted to reduce instrument size…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Interest Research, Interest Inventories
Cavallo, Fernando – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The current study was completed through a retrospective analysis of school records of elementary school students in the Northeast Region of the Philadelphia School District (PSD) who have participated in the Fast ForWord (FFW) Language program. The data requested from student records included: demographic information (e.g., gender, grade, age,…
Descriptors: Student Records, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Programs
Udoh, Emmanuel E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Advances in grid technology have enabled some organizations to harness enormous computational power on demand. However, the prediction of widespread adoption of the grid technology has not materialized despite the obvious grid advantages. This situation has encouraged intense efforts to close the research gap in the grid adoption process. In this…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Corporations, Internet, Rejection (Psychology)
Magno, Carlo – Online Submission, 2010
This study predicted the English proficiency of Korean students using the components of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and number of months spent in the formal study of English. There were 302 Korean students, ages 14-18, who were requested to answer the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) and an English ability…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
Knoeppel, Robert C.; Logan, Joyce P.; Keiser, Clare M. – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential viability of the variable certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) as a policy-relevant predictor of student achievement. Because research has identified the teacher as the most important school-related predictor of student achievement, more research…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, National Standards, Academic Achievement, Teacher Certification