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Yuejia Li; Min Dong; Wenhui Li – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Teacher job satisfaction is an important research element in teacher education and educational research. Based on data from the China Education Tracking Survey, this study analyzes the factors that influence the job satisfaction of 690 junior high school teachers and further constructs a prediction model. The study shows that gender, burnout,…
Descriptors: Junior High School Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Prediction, Models
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Rojas, Eliana D.; Avitia, Maria J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
This paper examines the achievement gap for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners through the lens of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory of human development. The population of CLD students in the United States continues to grow. Across the nation, CLD students continue to struggle in an increasingly accountability-based…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Achievement Gap, Cultural Differences, Second Language Learning
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Donaldson, Amy L.; Chabon, Shelly; Lee-Wilkerson, Dorian; Kapantzoglou, Maria – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
Traditionally speech-language pathology, along with other educational and rehabilitation-based professions, has approached disability from a deficits-based or medical-model perspective with an aim toward normalizing or ameliorating a child's atypical behaviors or performance. However, an alternative perspective rooted in a social model of…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Reflection, Advocacy
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Ganesan, Rajalakshmi; Mamat, Norul Hidayah Bt; Mellor, David; Rizzuto, Laura; Kolar, Christina – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
The present study investigated academic procrastination in the context of the 2 x 2 goal achievement theoretical framework within a population of 450 Malaysian undergraduate students, aged 18 to 25 years. Participants completed the Achievement Goal Questionnaire and the Tuckman Procrastination Test. Approach dimensions of both the mastery and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Time Management, Academic Achievement
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You, Sukkyung; Furlong, Michael; Felix, Erika; O'Malley, Meagan – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Social-emotional health influences youth developmental trajectories and there is growing interest among educators to measure the social-emotional health of the students they serve. This study replicated the psychometric characteristics of the Social Emotional Health Survey (SEHS) with a diverse sample of high school students (Grades 9-12; N =…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Child Health, Psychometrics
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Rusby, Julie C.; Taylor, Ted K.; Foster, E. Michael – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
School discipline referrals (SDRs) may be useful in the early detection and monitoring of disruptive behavior problems to inform prevention efforts in the school setting, yet little is known about the nature and validity of SDRs in the early grades. For this descriptive study, SDR data were collected on a sample of first grade students who were at…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Grade 1, Prevention, Identification
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Chermak, Gail D. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The deficit theory and the difference theory of linguistic competence are reviewed. The notion of linguistic differences between the dialect of black children and that of the majority society is supported. Implications for educational methods are discussed, culminating in a proposed "two-way" bilingual approach for working with deaf children.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Deafness, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Strategies
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Cook-Cottone, Catherine – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
The Attuned Representation Model of eating-disorder etiology and symptom maintenance is a comprehensive model that can effectively guide prevention and treatment efforts by addressing individual, cultural, and interactive issues. The model integrates the risk factors related to the onset of eating-disordered behaviors (i.e., biological,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Maintenance, Etiology, Risk