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Ashley Hannah Majzun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) is the combination of meta-analysis (MA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). With new MASEM methodologies developed over the past few years, there is an opportunity to compare the past approaches with the new ones. The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold. First, the parameter estimates,…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Structural Equation Models, College Students, Academic Persistence
Findlater, Nickcoy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The gap in supply (i.e., shortage) and demand of the STEM workforce have prompted extensive research on identifying factors that predict STEM outcomes and retention of students. Few studies, however, have examined the relationships between STEM outcomes and predictors in an integrated model, taking into account measurement errors in the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power
Nate S. Brophy – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation implements self-determination theory to examine learning environments conducive to student motivation in higher education. Specifically, this work is concerned with measuring the satisfaction and frustration of students' three basic psychological needs (BPNs), the need for autonomy, relatedness, and competence (ARC). To do so,…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Higher Education, Structural Equation Models, Introductory Courses
Briggs, Laura Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research on secondary student reading comprehension performance is scant, yet demands for improved literacy at college and career levels indicate that an understanding of trends and growth patterns is necessary to better inform teaching and learning for high school students. To improve understanding of reading performance at the secondary level,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Students, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Chen, Yanyan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study investigated the relationships among Chinese undergraduate English learners' motivation for learning English (i.e., students' internal choice, students' external pressure), integrative orientation (i.e., students' engagement with the target language culture or community), students' perceptions of psychological need satisfaction, English…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners
Rainey, Shawn Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted within the measurement portion of a structural equation model (SEM) looking at first time, full time freshmen's perceptions, commitments, and behaviors in the early part of the first fall semester. Survey items collected within the first three to five weeks of the initial fall semester were found to…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Validity, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement
Della Sala, Matthew Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2014
School finance scholars have called for the alignment of accountability policies with state finance formulae to allocate resources toward student learning goals (Adams, 2008; Ryan, 2008; Superfine, 2009; Verstegen, 2002). With the presence of accountability policies that focus on improving students' academic achievement, state finance systems must…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Structural Equation Models, Accountability
Singh, Anupma – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Despite the fact that international students face challenges at the United States (U.S.) universities and colleges, little research exits on these student's sense of belonging. This study investigates the factors of sense of belonging for international students and provides insights on factors like academic adjustment, homesickness, peer…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Structural Equation Models, Student School Relationship, Social Integration
Koontz, Richard D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Academic performance and persistence are critically important issues for both universities and their students. Colleges and universities have invested significant resources trying to improve student outcomes. Unfortunately, in spite of this investment, improvement of student outcomes remains elusive. One key issue is that academic outcomes are…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Psychological Characteristics
Han, Jae-Bum – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The primary goal of this dissertation is to develop and provide preliminary validation for a new measure of culturally responsive practice. This instrument, which is called the Culturally Responsive Practice Scale (CRPS), includes items that reflect ways that teachers teach multicultural students in their classrooms. To accomplish the goal, three…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Practices, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Frye, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The relationships that students have with their parents and peers permeate their lives both inside and outside of the classroom. The purpose of the present exploratory study is to assess (a) the psychometric quality of measures gauging the latent variables of adolescents' perceptions of their relatedness to both parents and peers and (b) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Adolescent Attitudes, Parents
Moore, Linden A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In September of 2007, the Michigan Department of Education introduced a program referred to as seat time waivers to a few school districts in Michigan to pilot. During the 2009-2010 school year, 999 students were on seat time waivers with a total of 5070 classes taken by these students. While the number of online learners continues to grow…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Administration, Metacognition, Self Management
Micucci, Kara Hanson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
A structural model for prior achievement, school integration, and self-efficacy was developed using Tinto's theory of student attrition and Bandura's self-efficacy theory. The model was tested and revised using a sample of 1,452 males and females from single-sex and coeducational parochial high schools. Results indicated that the theoretically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Single Sex Schools, Parochial Schools
Lin, Ching-Hui – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of financial aid policies on student persistence between the first and second year at a private four-year postsecondary institution in Taiwan. A two-phase sequential research design was employed with priority was given to the quantitative data--structural equation modeling (SEM). While the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Academic Persistence, College Students
Wu, Hsin-Chieh – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Previous research indicates that collective efficacy, faculty trust in students and parents, and academic emphasis together formed a single latent school construct, called academic optimism. In the U.S., academic optimism has been proven to be a powerful construct that could effectively predict student achievement even after controlling for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Elementary School Students, Institutional Characteristics