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Zeynivandnezhad, Fereshteh; Asgharzadeh, Nasrin; Fernández, Ramón Emilio – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2023
The applicability of digital technologies is increasing boundlessly and so are the opportunities of the end-users, with ample opportunities to embed these technologies in the teaching and learning process. Nonetheless, classroom adoption of technologies, particularly in mathematics remains on the lower end of innovation in teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Snapp, Shannon D.; McGuire, Jenifer K.; Sinclair, Katarina O.; Gabrion, Karlee; Russell, Stephen T. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2015
There is growing attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) issues in schools, including efforts to address such issues through the curriculum. This study examines whether students' perceptions of personal safety and school climate safety are stronger when curricula that include LGBTQ people are present and…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Inclusion, School Safety, Curriculum
Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Elstad, Eyvind; Turmo, Are – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2012
This article focuses on the comparison of organizational antecedents of teachers' fostering of students' effort in two quite different accountability regimes: one management regime with an external-accountability system and one with no external accountability devices. The methodology involves cross-sectional surveys from two different management…
Descriptors: Accountability, Management Systems, Structural Equation Models, Secondary School Teachers
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Barile, John P.; Donohue, Dana K.; Anthony, Elizabeth R.; Baker, Andrew M.; Weaver, Scott R.; Henrich, Christopher C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
In recent discussions regarding concerns about the academic achievement of US students, educational policy makers have suggested the implementation of certain teacher policies. To address the limited empirical research on the putative educational impact of such policies, this study used multilevel structural equation models to investigate the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Mathematics Achievement
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Martin, Andrew J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
The present study examined the implications of grade retention (repeating a grade) and social promotion (automatic promotion to the next grade each year) for high school students' academic and non-academic outcomes. Based on data from 3261 high school students, structural equation modeling demonstrated that, after controlling for interactions with…
Descriptors: Homework, Grade Repetition, Structural Equation Models, Social Promotion
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Addi-Raccah, Audrey; Mazawi, Andre Elias – Educational Studies, 2004
A major shortcoming of macro-spatial research undertaken to date in Israel pertains to the neglect of state investment-related measures and the extent to which they mediate unequal opportunities to learn (OTL) and educational opportunities between localities. In the present study, OTL refer to class size and high-school tracking patterns.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, Structural Equation Models, Jews