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Yilmaz, Adem; Yanarates, Erkan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In this research, it is aimed to examine the effect of STEM activities developed within the scope of a science course on the inquiry and innovative thinking skills of secondary school 7th-grade students. In this context, quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used together. In the quantitative dimension of the research, the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Instruction, Grade 7, Inquiry
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Hong, Jun Sung; Zhang, Saijun; Wright, Michelle F.; Wachs, Sebastian – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study investigates multiple-level antecedents of cyberbullying victimization among early adolescents. Data from the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children, 2009 to 2010 cohort study in the United States were used. The sample included White, Black, Latino, and Asian adolescents, ages 10-14 (N = 8481). Bivariate analysis, logistic regression,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Victims, Early Adolescents
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Çalikoglu, Burcu Seher – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is to broaden theoretical meaning of challenge and attain a place for its practical use in schools. Based on the purpose, a theoretical construct was developed to explain four types of challenge-oriented behavior: (a) creators, (b) choosers, (c) maintainers and (d) avoiders. 634 fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 7, Student Behavior
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Santos, Gina M. M. C.; Ramos, Eleusina M. C. P. S. L.; Escola, Joaquim; Reis, Manuel J. C. S. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2019
There is no doubt that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are now an integral part of the life of children and young people. Some of the recent literature studies on literacy in ICT show that this should incorporate Internet literacy, Computer literacy and Information literacy, and being these three forms of literacy indispensable in…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Becker, Michael; Baumert, Jürgen; Tetzner, Julia; Maaz, Kai; Köller, Olaf – Developmental Psychology, 2019
What drives socioeconomic success within a society? This study analyzes how late childhood intelligence, parental socioeconomic background, and gender relate to multiple dimensions of adult socioeconomic success (i.e., education, occupational status, and income). A particular focus is placed on education, which is considered as both an indicator…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Family Characteristics, Gender Differences, Income
Reardon, Sean F.; Fahle, Erin M.; Kalogrides, Demetra; Podolsky, Anne; Zárate, Rosalía C. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2018
In the first systematic study of gender achievement gaps in U.S. school districts, we estimate male-female test score gaps in math and English Language Arts (ELA) for nearly 10,000 school districts in the U.S. We use state accountability test data from third through eighth grade students in the 2008-09 through 2014-15 school years. The average…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Scores, Language Arts
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Hellström, Lisa; Beckman, Linda; Hagquist, Curt – Journal of School Violence, 2013
The current study examined concordance and discordance between a measure of bullying and measures of peer aggression with respect to the number of students identified as victims. Swedish adolescents (N = 1,760) completed a web-based questionnaire. A measure of bullying and measures of peer aggression were compared in order to elucidate the unique…
Descriptors: Victims, Peer Relationship, Bullying, Aggression
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McElderry, Cathy G.; Cheng, Tyrone C. – Children & Schools, 2014
This study investigated school exclusion's relationships with student characteristics, mother characteristics, parental involvement, school location, and service provision. The researchers examined data from 4,837 students in seventh to 12th grade extracted from a national data set. Multivariate results showed that student's age, gender,…
Descriptors: Expulsion, Mothers, Parent Participation, School Location
Murray, Ashley Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quantitative, correlational study with a predictive design examined the extent the level of teachers' emotional intelligence was a predictor of retention indicated by 3 or more consecutive years in the same school district. The study sought to determine if teachers with three or more years of teaching experience contributed emotional…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Emotional Intelligence, Predictor Variables
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Perez, Rose M.; Dawson, Beverly Araujo; Suarez-Orozco, Carola – Journal of Family Social Work, 2011
Although the relationship between varying levels of acculturation and depressive symptoms has been established among Latino(a) youth, the positive role of family involvement in relation to depressive symptoms among immigrant Latino(a) families has been studied less. This study draws on a sample of first-generation Latino(a) youth from the…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Acculturation, Depression (Psychology), Immigrants
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Newman, Lynn; Wagner, Mary; Knokey, Anne-Marie; Marder, Camille; Nagle, Katherine; Shaver, Debra; Wei, Xin – National Center for Special Education Research, 2011
The National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) funded by the National Center for Special Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, provides a unique source of information to help in developing an understanding of the experiences of secondary school students with disabilities nationally as they…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Employment Level, Disabilities, Mail Surveys
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Tello, Jerry; Cervantes, Richard C.; Cordova, David; Santos, Susana M. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate a promising program model, the Joven Nobel curriculum, for Latino male adolescents that promotes positive youth development and addresses prevention of a number of risk-related sexual behaviors within a cultural context. A quasi-experimental design was used that included a pre- and posttest…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Adolescents, Sexuality, Cultural Context
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The current study explores whether theorized risk factors in Western countries can be used to predict school violence perpetration in an Asian cultural context. The study examines the associations between risk factors and school violence perpetration in Taiwan. Data were obtained from a nationally representative sample of 14,022 students from…
Descriptors: Violence, Asian Culture, Self Control, Drinking
Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. – Education Working Paper Archive, 2007
Substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap. Our results, based on both Texas Schools Project (TSP) administrative data and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey (ECLS), differ noticeably from other recent analyses of the black-white achievement gap by providing strong evidence that…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Academic Achievement, Racial Differences, African American Students