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Emma C. Goodwin; Logan E. Gin; Allyson Aeschliman; Adwoa Kumi Afoakwa; Bryttani A. Allred; Sarah T. Avalle; Amanda Bell; Jessica Berkheimer; Hannah Brzezinski; Rachel Campos; Hozhoo Emerson; Savage Cree Hess; Arron M. Montelongo; Nereus Noshirwani; W. Levi Shelton; Emma M. Valdez; Jennifer White; Quinn White; Ehren Wittekind; Katelyn M. Cooper; Sara E. Brownell – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Positive outcomes from undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have resulted in calls to broaden and diversify participation in research. However, we have little understanding of what demographics are reported and considered in the analyses of student outcomes from UREs. Without this information, it is impossible to assess whether participation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Scientific Research, Natural Sciences
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Rowe, Hillary L.; Trickett, Edison J. – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
This paper addresses two major and potentially conflicting movements: the importance of diversity as both a conceptual and political issue and the rise of the evidence-based practice movement in education. This tension is particularly important when evaluating and reporting universal interventions because of their intended applicability across…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Intervention, Student Diversity
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Faucher, Chantal; Cassidy, Wanda; Jackson, Margaret – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
As research advances in the areas of bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment in various sectors, it is a useful endeavour to consider the connections between research studies conducted in what may appear to be parallel spheres. In this paper, we examine the similarities and differences between research on bullying, harassment, and especially…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
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Clever, Molly; Segal, David R. – Future of Children, 2013
Since the advent of the all-volunteer force in the 1970s, marriage, parenthood, and family life have become commonplace in the U.S. military among enlisted personnel and officers alike, and military spouses and children now outnumber service members by a ratio of 1.4 to 1. Reviewing data from the government and from academic and nonacademic…
Descriptors: Military Service, Military Personnel, Family Environment, Family Characteristics
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Franklin, Somer L.; Slate, John R.; Joyner, Sheila A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2014
In this article, we analyzed research studies in the field of graduate education. In particular, we explored the issue of inequity in graduate education through three key lenses of social science analyses. Furthermore, we analyzed selected quantitative research studies that undertook a comparative examination of aggregate trends in enrollment and…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Ethnic Diversity, Ethnicity, Statistical Analysis
Spraggins, Renee E. – US Department of Commerce, 2005
This report provides a portrait of women in the United States and highlights comparisons with men at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data contained in this report are based on the samples of households…
Descriptors: Females, Race, Census Figures, Gender Differences
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Akoojee, Salim; McGrath, Simon – South African Journal of Education, 2007
Public and private provision of vocational education and training (or Further Education and Training in the South African usage) exist in a relationship with each other but are rarely considered together. An analysis is provided of recent quantitative evidence on both sectors in South Africa in order to advance the case for further policy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
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Juhnke, Gerald A.; Bordeau, Wendy Charkow; Evanoff, James C. – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2005
In October 2001, an article was published in the "Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling" ("JAOC") to examine the journal's submission patterns, topic areas, and authors from 1979 through 1998. The current authors reviewed articles published in "JAOC" between 1999 and 2004 to provide an updated analysis of the types of information published…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Literature Reviews, Content Area Writing, Journal Articles
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van Braak, Johan; Tondeur, Jo; Valcke, Martin – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2004
In order to identify differences in determinants of supportive and class use of computers, path modelling was applied in a sample of 468 primary school teachers. Independent variables were categorised in three levels: demographics (age and gender), computer experience (computer training, computer experience expressed over time, intensity of…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Individual Differences, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Gupta, Sat; Harris, David E.; Carrier, Nellie M; Caron, Paul – College Student Journal, 2006
Most undergraduate programs require completion of a mathematics course, but pass rates in these courses are often low. To determine predictors of student success in 100-level mathematics courses at the University of Southern Maine, we used a questionnaire to collect information on possible predictors of grade (student demographics, attitude,…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Multivariate Analysis, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes
Snyder, Howard N.; Sickmund, Melissa – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006
This report presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. This report brings together the latest available statistics from a variety of sources and includes numerous tables, graphs, and maps, accompanied by analyses in clear, nontechnical language. The report offers Congress,…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Individual Characteristics, At Risk Persons, Poverty