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Elizabeth Terrazas-Carrillo; Ediza Garcia – Journal of College Student Mental Health, 2024
College students endure heightened levels of stress, and Latino college students experience additional stressors associated with their ethnic and cultural status, which places them at an increased risk for maladjustment. Stress management psychoeducational groups can improve college student's coping. A total of 109 Latino college students…
Descriptors: Stress Management, College Students, Hispanic American Students, Psychoeducational Methods
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Marcia A. Barnes; Nathan H. Clemens; Deborah Simmons; Colby Hall; Melissa Fogarty; Amanda Martinez-Lincoln; Sharon Vaughn; Leslie Simmons; Anna-Maria Fall; Greg Roberts – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2024
An inferential comprehension intervention addressing reading comprehension difficulties of middle schoolers was tested. Method Students in Grades 6 to 8 (n = 145; 53.8% female; 71% White; 24% Black) who failed their state literacy test, were randomly assigned to tutor-led, computerized, or business-as-usual [BaU] interventions. Results The…
Descriptors: Tutors, Computer Uses in Education, Inferences, Reading Comprehension
John F. Pane; Christopher Joseph Doss; Ivy Todd; Dorothy Seaman – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Zearn Math is a popular software platform for K-8 mathematics learning, designed to enable all students to successfully access grade-level content. RAND researchers collaborated with Zearn, the product's developer, to design this evaluation. Then RAND conducted the study independently, randomly assigning 64 schools in an urban Texas district to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Flores, Sylvia L.; Flores, Luis A.; Harris, Crystal – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
The Pandemic has affected the success rates among students in Higher Education. In general, Higher Education success rates are typically lower among minority groups. Considering the Pandemic effects in Hispanic Serving Institutions, this research study will focus on understanding the impact of the pandemic on currently enrolled undergraduate…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Academic Achievement, Minority Serving Institutions
Corrie Ellen Edmondson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In seeking to maximize student learning, educators must implement grading practices that assess well-defined course standards and clearly articulate student proficiency. Standards-based grading (SBG) practices enhance student learning by linking well-defined course standards and effective feedback. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) testing sought to…
Descriptors: Grading, Standards, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
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Washburn, Micki; Crutchfield, Jandel; Roper, De'An O.; Smith, Dawnetta; Padilla, Yesenia – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
As a result of the health and safety concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, in Spring 2020 social work programs nationwide were required to make significant shifts in their instructional methods and field placements. These changes often resulted in faculty members taking on new or additional responsibilities related to teaching and field.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Faculty Workload, Masters Programs, Social Work
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Muñoz, Ava J.; Pankake, Anita M.; Mills, Shirley; Simonsson, Marie – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
Why is it that so many women seem to climb the administrative ladder leading to the superintendency frequently and with relative ease, but do not reach that top rung? Data to help address this question is presented here. These data are part of a larger research project completed in the fall of 2006. In addressing this question, an overview of the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Superintendents, Women Administrators, Gender Differences
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Perez, Sarah – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
In Fall 2019 I taught the course "Race and Gender: The Politics of Intersection" and spent the semester to discussing how intersectionality functioned within the Asian Pacific American (APA) communities in the United States and in the larger global context. In the course, we discussed various aspects of intersectionality including how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Political Science, Race, Gender Differences
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Roberts, Jeff; Nardone, Carroll F.; Bridges, Bill – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2017
Written communication remains an important learning objective for colleges and universities as more and more students enter the workforce without necessary writing skills and experiences. This importance is increased for public colleges and universities within the state of Texas, as that state has adopted written communication as a core learning…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Gender Differences
Rivas, Elizabeth D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed methods study explores the institutionalized master narrative of public institutions and how the mandated policies enacted by public institutions impact Latina social studies teachers when delivering instruction to their students. A socio-transformative constructivist framework guides this study to affirm that knowledge is socially…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Hispanic Americans, Women Faculty, Social Studies
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Rodriguez, Marisela; Mundy, Marie-Anne; Kupczynski, Lori; Challoo, Linda – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2018
This study explored whether gender and active learning and student-centered pedagogies such as project-based and peer-led in introductory science "gatekeeper" major courses; BIOL 1306 and CHEM 1311 had an impact on student success rates, student perceptions, and student persistence in STEM fields at a community college in South Texas…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Teaching Methods, Science Achievement
Lawton, Julie; Toner, Mark – Achieving the Dream, 2020
As with other student populations community colleges serve, part-time students often face multiple challenges that present additional barriers to completion, including unfamiliarity with the college experience, parenthood, and food and housing insecurity. Community colleges have historically opened their doors to all those interested in pursuing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Role, Postsecondary Education, At Risk Students
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Muñoz, Ava J.; Mills, Shirley J.; Pankake, Anita; Whaley, Sandra – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2014
This paper examines the career aspirations of female and male central office administrators and their reasons for or against pursuing a superintendency, in the Texas, K-12 public school arena. Information unique to seeking and attaining superintendencies by these central office administrators will be presented, to assist with illuminating gender…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrators, Gender Differences, Occupational Aspiration
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Yamada, Hiroyuki; Bryk, Anthony S. – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: Statway is a community college pathways initiative developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching designed to accelerate students' progress through their developmental math sequence to acquiring college math credit in statistics. Statway is a multifaceted change initiative designed to address the complex problems…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, College Credits, Mathematics Instruction
Borrego, Josue D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the current study, the researcher investigated if there was a significant difference in Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading scale scores between English as a Second Language students who were instructed using the System 44 program and students who were instructed in a more traditional setting. The current study…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Programs
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