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Download full textFuller, Edward J. – 1994
In studying the disparity of academic achievement between minority and nonminority students, anthropologists and educators have identified a distinct variability in the academic success between two discrete subgroups within the minority school population: those who have voluntarily emigrated from their original societies and those who have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Jeffery, Roger, Ed.; Basu, Alaka M., Ed. – 1996
Most of the papers in this volume were presented at a workshop in New Delhi (India) in April 1993, although some revisions and additions are included. Presenting primary evidence from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh and existing survey and census data, the papers in this collection explore interrelated issues of women's autonomy, female…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Causal Models, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Peer reviewedVerdugo, Richard R.; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1997
Develops and estimates a causal model describing the relationship between bureaucracy, legitimacy, and community as predictors of teachers' job satisfaction, using data from a national survey of National Education Association teacher members. Bureaucracy has important effects on community via legitimacy. Legitimacy has greater effects than…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Causal Models, Community, Educational Change
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. – 1996
Violence in America is a public health problem of the highest magnitude. In order to address this problem, the causes of violence and an overview of some effective treatment and prevention programs are presented in this booklet. It focuses on biobehavioral factors (ways in which physiological characteristics influence behavior) and centers on such…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Biological Influences, Causal Models
Peer reviewedWieder, Alan – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1994
This review essay extends the thesis of Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton, that the continuing cause of the underclass is neighborhood segregation, to cover school segregation. Continuing costs of school segregation, racial tension and white racism, and reinvestment in school integration are also explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Telford, Helen – 1995
This paper examines leadership and its links to success in five urban schools in Melbourne (Australia), reflecting the view that the role of leaders and the process of leadership are significant contributing factors to the achievement of successful school improvement. The elementary and secondary schools studied offer a range of the…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Baird, Robert M., Ed.; Rosenbaum, Stuart E., Ed. – 1992
The causes of bigotry, prejudice, and hatred and what can be done about them are discussed by the authors represented in this collection. Most of the book provides general discussions of these issues, but Part 2, "Universities and the 'Politically Correct' Response to Hatred and Prejudice," contains some specific examinations of these…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Educational Discrimination
Peer reviewedTate, Richard L. – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Regression-based adjustment of student outcomes for the assessment of the merit of schools is considered. First, the basics of causal modeling and multiple regression are briefly reviewed. Then, two common regression-based adjustment procedures are described, pointing out that the validity of the final assessments depends on: (1) the degree to…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA. – 1989
The Migrant Education Region 1 of the Santa Clara County Office of Education organized a project to examine the conditions of 1454 migrant students in a sample of northern California schools. The project had two primary components: (1) the collection and analysis of information about migrant students, their family and school situations, and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Diver-Stamnes, Ann C. – 1995
This analysis of causes of poverty in the Watts section of Los Angeles (California) and other inner-city communities and of the effects of poverty on children considers exogenous factors that affect lives and behaviors, focusing on the situations of high school students. The first five chapters are arranged around issues cited by those who blame…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Causal Models, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkChen, Hsin-liang; Doty, Philip – Library Quarterly, 2005
This paper is the second of two (see pt. 1) that describe a six-part conceptual framework for designing and evaluating digital libraries for mathematics education in K-12 settings: information literacy, information organization, integrated learning, adoption of new educational standards, integration of pertinent changes in educational policy…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Mathematics Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
Wilkinson, L. David; Waring, Colleen G. – 1995
This paper presents a comparison of performance auditing and evaluation. It is the product of a collaboration between the senior evaluator from the Office of Research and Evaluation in the Austin Independent School District (Texas) and the senior auditor of Austin's City Auditor's Office. These officials were required to work together when the…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Delfau, Isabelle – 1990
The exploratory and secondary phases of the "Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) project to develop a set of international indicators based on comparable educational data is described in this report. Voluntary networks in 24 OECD member countries are developing a cohesive conceptual framework based on a review of…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Classification, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Peer reviewedUpchurch, Dawn M.; And Others – American Sociological Review, 1993
Replies to "Adolescent Mothers Drop Out" (Douglas K. Anderson, 1993). It is indeed true that women who begin childbearing as adolescents achieve less schooling than do women who postpone or forego childbearing, but debate about why continues. It is argued that the apparent impact of early childbearing on education may result from a common set of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth, Causal Models, Disadvantaged Youth
Mendel, Richard A. – 1995
This report reviews the facts underlying the debate about delinquency in the United States, focusing on evidence of how well various approaches to crime succeed in practice. Do youth programs such as family therapies and recreation initiatives actually make a cost-effective contribution to controlling crime? Research supports a strong foundation…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cost Effectiveness, Crime Prevention, Delinquency
