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Tanya Dockery – ProQuest LLC, 2024
American K-12 public teachers are leaving the field of education in record numbers. This lack of teacher retention negatively impacts student achievement. Teacher turnover intentions have been found to be an indication of potential attrition. Research on brain-based learning reveals new opportunities to decrease teacher turnover intentions by…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
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Brunson, Emily K.; Rohde, Rodney E.; Fulton, Lawrence V. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective To assess college students' willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines and the factors that influence their decisions. Participants: Traditional (aged 18-23) undergraduate students at a university in central Texas. Methods: An online survey was administered in fall 2020 to 614 students stratified by sex and race/ethnicity. Results: 40.9% of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
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Quinn, Brandy P. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
Purpose in life is beneficial for adolescents and their communities. However, less is known about supports for purpose development during adolescence, particularly in the school setting. The study described here drew from theories about teacher beliefs and knowledge, and a multidimensional definition of purpose in life, in order to learn from…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Beliefs, Knowledge Level
Antonishak, Jill; Connolly, Chelsey – National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2014
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy published free online lessons that help students take action to prevent unplanned pregnancy and complete their education. From the fall of 2012 to the spring of 2014, approximately 2,800 students took the online lessons and participated in pre- and post-lesson evaluation surveys at four…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Prevention, College Students, Graduation
Wisely, Lynn Woodward – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the relationships of college knowledge and parent education level with these college-going beliefs: (a) self-efficacy, (b) outcome expectations, (c) likelihood both to go to and graduate from college, (d) choice intentions, and (e) educational goals. Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) provided the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Beliefs