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Linh Dang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Scholars who study Southeast Asian American (SEAA) communities are in consensus that this group's realities diverge from their Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) counterparts. In fact, nearly four decades after large-scale immigration as political refugees from Southeast Asia (SEA), this population composed of Cambodians, Hmong, Laotians,…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Educational Attainment, Asian American Students, Correlation
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Canbulat, Tuncay; Kiriktas, Halit – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The aim of study is to determine the neuromyth level of teachers and pre-teachers and reveal if there is significant difference in terms of some variables (gender, class, etc.). Research was designed in survey model. The research sample was formed with 241 teachers and 511 teacher candidates. In the collection of data, "Educational neuromyths…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Misconceptions, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
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Startz, Richard – Education Finance and Policy, 2012
Education reform advocates who base policy decisions on empirical research often face the argument that because background variables explain so much of student outcomes, it follows that policy interventions cannot be effective. This policy brief explains the logical fallacy in the argument, illustrating with two examples, one taken from the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Misconceptions, Teacher Effectiveness, Class Size
Goble, Lisbeth J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Choosing a college is one of the first important decisions that many young adults undertake. Popular media suggests how students should find an appropriate college based on traditional practices (Hallet, 2008; Kulman, 2007), yet, many aspects of the reality experienced by new kinds of students and colleges is largely ignored in the college choice…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Choice, Academic Persistence, Information Sources
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Chu, Hye-Eun; Treagust, David F.; Chandrasegaran, A. L. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
A large scale study involving 1786 year 7-10 Korean students from three school districts in Seoul was undertaken to evaluate their understanding of basic optics concepts using a two-tier multiple-choice diagnostic instrument consisting of four pairs of items, each of which evaluated the same concept in two different contexts. The instrument, which…
Descriptors: Optics, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Multiple Choice Tests
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Haidar, Abdullateef H.; Al Naqabi, Ali K. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2008
The aim of this study is to investigate Emiratii high school students' understandings of stoichiometry, their use of metacognitive strategies, and the influence of students' use of metacognitive strategies on their understandings of stoichiometry. Two instruments were used in this study, the first to measure students' understandings of…
Descriptors: Stoichiometry, Metacognition, Grade 11, High School Students