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The Impact of School Closures on Equity of Access in Chicago
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Lee, Jin; Lubienski, Christopher – Education and Urban Society, 2017
This study examines the impact of school closures on the sociospatial distribution of equitable access to schooling following the school closure policy pursued by the Chicago Public Schools in 2013. By examining access in terms of proximity between students and schools, the study estimates the changes in accessibility before and after school…
Descriptors: School Closing, Equal Education, Access to Education, School Policy
The Parable of the Sower and the Long-Term Effects of Early Reading
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Suggate, Sebastian P. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Previous work on the long-term effects of early reading focuses on whether children can read early (i.e. capability) not on whether this is beneficial (i.e. optimality). The Luke Effect is introduced to predict long-term reading development as a function of when children learn to read. A review of correlational, intervention, and comparative…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Skills, Prediction, Child Development
Social Equity Theory and Racial-Ethnic Achievement Gaps
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McKown, Clark – Child Development, 2013
In the United States, racial-ethnic differences on tests of school readiness and academic achievement continue. A complete understanding of the origins of racial-ethnic achievement gaps is still lacking. This article describes social equity theory (SET), which proposes that racial-ethnic achievement gaps originate from two kinds of social process,…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, School Readiness, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
Hypothesis Theory and the Development of Conceptual Learning.
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Tumblin, Anita; Gholson, Barry – Psychological Bulletin, 1981
Examines five general issues related to research on children's use of hypotheses during problem solving: (1) types of hypotheses and how they are detected, (2) the acquisition of hypotheses through cognitive or conditioning mechanisms, (3) learning, sampling assumptions, and rule-guided behavior, (4) feedback variables, and (5) subject variables.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability
Does Performance on Memory for Order Correlate with Performance on Standardized Measures of Ability? A Meta-Analysis.
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Mukunda, Kamala V.; Hall, Vernon C. – Intelligence, 1992
Meta-analysis of 225 hypothesis tests of measures of memory for order (MFO) and the relationship of MFO and measures of general ability demonstrate a significant relationship between MFO and standardized test scores. Fifty-one independent samples were tested. MFO task quality was a significant predictor of effect size. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests
Must Invisible Colleges Be Invisible? An Approach to Examining Large Communities of Network Users.
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Ruth, Stephen R.; Gouet, Raul – Internet Research, 1993
Discussion of characteristics of users of computer-mediated communication systems and scientific networks focuses on a study of the scientific community in Chile. Topics addressed include users and nonusers; productivity; educational level; academic specialty; age; gender; international connectivity; public policy issues; and future research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries