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Michael Portas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quantitative study is primarily intended to examine whether district level performance results from Grade 8 ELA state assessments can help to predict future passing rates on AP exams. The participants for the study are all 218 K-12 school districts in New Jersey, all of which generated results across score levels and passing rates for PARCC…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Language Arts, Advanced Placement, Tests
Yang, Yao – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation researched the scope of mathematics achievement disparities in the United States and how these disparities can be minimized through a self-efficacy lens. To answer pertinent research questions with data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2019 mathematics assessment in Grades 4, 8, and 12, gap analyses,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Grade 4, Grade 8
Serena Wright-Bostic – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this quantitative correlational research study was to determine to what extent, if any, teacher technology-related professional development affected the actual integration of technology in the classroom among 9th-12th-grade teachers. Convenience sampling was used to collect data. The sample for this study was 78 high school teachers…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Faculty Development, Grade 9, Grade 10
Qamrah Alsubaie – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explored students' perceptions of classroom quality in gifted and non-gifted education settings in Saudi Arabia. The researcher used the Zone of Proximal Development theory and Expectancy Value Theory to frame the study. The research was conducted across three public schools (458 students) and two private schools (353 students) that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Gifted Education
Taylor, Lakiesha R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
With a steady increase of virtual learning courses taught throughout K-12 education, limited empirical research exists to allow educational leaders and policy makers the ability to accurately identify student demographic characteristics that correlate to the acquisition of virtual course credit (Barbour, 2009). The purpose of this quantitative…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Craig, Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Recent research reveals consistent lags in American students' science achievement scores. Not only are the scores lower in the United States compared to other developed nations, but even within the United States, too many students are well below science proficiency scores for their grade levels. The current research addresses this problem by…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Science Achievement, Predictor Variables, High School Seniors
Lampton-Holmes, Geneva Cosweler – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if seventh through twelfth grade educators' attitudes towards School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) are affected based on their gender, years of experience, school discipline policy, leadership style, and knowledge of SWPBS. Through an online survey, an analysis of the leadership style and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Kennedy, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate sources of resistance to burnout in secondary teachers. For the purpose of this study secondary teachers were defined as teachers employed in grades 9-12 with 0-5 years of teaching experience employed in north Louisiana schools. Sources of resistance to burnout was researched in three investigative…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11
Wright-Cunningham, Kamal Phillip – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Adolescence is a time when individuals are forced to deal with the stress of moving from being a teenager to an adult (Spear, 2000). As a result, this difficult developmental period is often characterized by adolescents engaging in risky behavior and potentially dangerous experimentation (Golden & Turner, 2005). The importance of understanding how…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Special Education, Mental Health, Adolescents
Bayard, Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As of 2008, approximately 40% of eighth grade students in the United States enroll in Algebra I (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008). Although research has shown that students have more opportunities to take advanced mathematics courses by taking eighth grade Algebra I, in the United States, approximately only one-third to one-half…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students
Stein, Rachel S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Latino/as are an increasingly large subset of the United States population; however, they continue to be underrepresented in science careers. Because of this increase, research regarding Latino/as has improved, but there are still many gaps in regards to gender-specific predictors to pursue science careers. To address this lack of literature, the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Predictor Variables
Warren, Matthew G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many students do not graduate from high school, which could lead to poorer quality of life, lower paying jobs, and increased crime. Previous researchers have indicated that Hispanic and African American students graduate at a significantly lower rate than White students. However, there remains an important gap in the current literature regarding…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Quality of Life, Minority Groups
Brabham, Karen Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigates the hypothesis that African American students succeed in difficult circumstances due to a type of coping that is unique to the African American experience. It was tested with a survey of 147 eleventh and twelfth grade students from different ethnic backgrounds who were enrolled in a New York City high school, The survey…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), African American Students, Ethnic Groups, Coping
Bushati, Dolore – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the level of economics knowledge, overall and on specific economic concepts after Albanian 11th grade and 12th grade students completed their required economics course and investigated how economics knowledge differed by student and teacher characteristics. There were 1,509 students who participated in this research from 12…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Characteristics, Economics Education, Economics
Ramsey, Scott D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether selected independent variables are good predictors of athletic participation among Mexican students. The selected independent variables were gender, GPA, attendance, discipline referrals, and success on the Georgia High School Graduation Test. The dependent variable was participation in athletics.…
Descriptors: Discipline, Grade Point Average, Graduation, Exit Examinations
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