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Neba Afanwi Nfonsang – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study used a propensity score approach to estimate treatment effects in a multilevel setting. The propensity score approach involves the estimation of propensity scores for covariate balancing and the estimation of treatment effects. This study aimed at understanding how propensity scores estimated through a simple logistic regression compare…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Scores, High School Students, Grade 10
Newman, Lisa D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Since the 1990's, schools across the United States have been held accountable for increased student learning. Increased use of growth-based accountability models and a lack of clarity on what each model measures have resulted in a need for additional research focused on the real-world implications for teacher agency and school accountability. The…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Accountability, Standards, Models
Schaaf, Kevin J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The quality of teachers is now a central focus of policy and research. In spite of this focus, two key gaps exist, and this dissertation helps to fill them: First, mediation models involving the study of the effects of teaching are rare; instead, most current investigations of teachers focus primarily on the effects of teachers, with less…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Academic Achievement, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Teaching Methods
Lewis, Jonathan S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Paid employment is one of the most common extracurricular activities among full-time undergraduates, and an array of studies has attempted to measure its impact. Methodological concerns with the extant literature, however, make it difficult to draw reliable conclusions. Furthermore, the research on working college students has little to say about…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Leadership Training, Beliefs, Leadership
Luft, Jeremy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The study utilized a quantitative multiple regression research design looking at the association between home technology use to complete school work and student achievement scores as measured on an online diagnostic assessment. Despite a tremendous amount of literature studying the potential effect of home use of technology on student achievement,…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis
McVey, Jill E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study examined the development of noncognitive skills in a sample of 4,769 Hispanic/Latino students as they went through middle school and the first year of high school using ACT Engage 6-9, an assessment designed to predict student outcomes by measuring students' behaviors and psychosocial attributes. The scales of Academic Discipline,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Hispanic American Students, Student Development, High School Freshmen
Backman, Joseph Samuel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Researchers have studied professional learning communities for over two decades. Schools have utilized the elements of professional learning communities in their schools to improve instruction and student learning. Yet, there is limited empirical evidence that establishes, describes, and confirms this relationship. This study was completed to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Communities of Practice, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Long, Janna B. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies and student academic performance. Academic performance was measured by final grade (out of 100 points) in courses that were part of the study, and self-regulated learning strategies were assessed by the Motivated Strategies for Learning…
Descriptors: Self Control, Self Management, Academic Achievement, Blended Learning
Lopuch, Jeremy Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of diagnostic formative assessment feedback on early literacy skills. The participants were 12 first-grade general education teachers and 51 of their students who were assigned to the following treatments, diagnostic feedback and skills feedback (control) which lasted for 10 weeks. During the…
Descriptors: Progress Monitoring, Feedback (Response), Emergent Literacy, Academic Achievement
Hale, Jimmie Edwin – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study explained Academic Progress Rate (APR) levels and differences in APR (DAPR) with team and institutional variables. Team variables included team gender, sport profile, and squad size. Institutional variables included individual variables aggregated to the institutional level. The data analyzed in this study was derived from the National…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, College Athletics
McGuinness, Thomas Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This research explores one university's effort to facilitate integrative learning with a reflective ePortfolio process. Integrative learning is conceptualized using a multi-theoretical construct consisting of transfer of learning, reflective practice, and self-authorship. As part of the evaluation of this process, students completed a pre-survey…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Educational Technology, Electronic Publishing, Technology Uses in Education
Andrade Adaniya, Fernando Humberto – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Children and adolescents are exposed to multiple contextual influences along their development towards adulthood. Before they transition to adulthood, adolescents acquire skills and knowledge usually in schools, which are one of the most influential contexts during adolescence. During school years performing well academically can generate better…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Adolescents, Academic Achievement, Substance Abuse
Burstein, Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2013
California and many other states require students to pass an exit examination as a high school graduation requirement. Coupled with the exit examination requirement is school accountability to the state and the federal government. Despite academic interventions, many students continue to fail the exit examination resulting in not earning a…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, High School Students, Grade 9, Grade 10
Wadleigh, Linda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student academic achievement in junior high mathematics is an ongoing mission for educational leaders. To achieve that undertaking, teacher effectiveness plays an important role. The purpose of this study was to examine the combined effects of teacher effectiveness on student achievement. The study was conducted in a suburban school district in…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Junior High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Chiu, Pui Chi – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines student growth on mathematics and reading assessments across academic years (Spring 2006 through Spring 2009) using three different growth models: hierarchical linear model (HLM), value-added model (VAM), and student growth percentile model (SGP). Comparisons across these three growth models were conducted to investigate the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Educational Assessment