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Direct linkTaylor, Rolanda Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of the qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of K-5 elementary teacher in Dekalb County, Georgia who perceived the influence of their spirituality on the behavior and academic achievement of students. The sample included 14 elementary school teachers that were purposefully selected from a local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Teachers, Spiritual Development, Student Behavior
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Download full textSarwar, Samiullah – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2016
This research determined the influence of parents and their parenting styles on children's behavior. The author examined different parenting styles to understand which style leads the children to be juvenile delinquent, that ultimately makes the children low academic achievers. In this paper, the researcher attempts to bring an original…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Behavior, Interviews, Parent Role
Gurdal, Sevtap; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Sorbring, Emma – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The present study examined Swedish mothers' and fathers' warmth towards their children in relation to their children's agency. It also examined the longitudinal relation between agency and children's externalising, internalising, and school achievement. Swedish children's mothers and fathers (N = 93) were interviewed at three time points (when…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Mothers, Academic Achievement
McConaughy, Stephanie H.; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Guilford Press, 2021
Widely recognized as an authoritative resource, this book has been revised and updated with the latest research and techniques, including new material on telehealth services. Guidelines are provided for conducting thorough, developmentally informed interviews with K-12 students--and their parents and teachers--for multimethod assessment and…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Health Services, Intervention, Kindergarten
Kennedy-Lewis, Brianna L.; Whitaker, Douglas; Soutullo, Olivia – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2016
The use of alternative schools as exclusionary discipline for students found guilty of committing behavioral infractions raises questions about the effectiveness of these schools in producing improved student outcomes. Educators' justifications for alternative placements are highly relevant, because decisions regarding placements are often…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Discipline, Behavior Problems, Program Effectiveness
Lansford, Jennifer E.; Godwin, Jennifer; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Chen, Bin-Bin; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Alampay, Liane Peña; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo – Developmental Psychology, 2018
To examine whether the cultural normativeness of parents' beliefs and behaviors moderates the links between those beliefs and behaviors and youths' adjustment, mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,298 families) from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies
Karaman, Ömer; Tomakin, Hasan; Kiliç, Ismet; Yilmaz, Erkan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of this research is to assess the opinions of students in a variety of high schools at different class levels who received disciplinary punishment for violence. The research comprised 35 boys and 10 girls, for a total of 45 students. The data for the research were obtained with semi-structured interviews. The results show that the students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Violence, Semi Structured Interviews
Ocansey, S. K.; Gyimah, E. K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
In this fast changing world, pupils all over the world have developed severe social and psychological needs that affect their interactions with others and subsequently, the achievement of their life goals. Essentially, the social and psychological needs of school pupils have manifested in diverse mal-adjusted behaviours that hinder their academic…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Counseling Services
Hardy, Ian – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015
This paper employs sociological literature on risk and the commodification of education to explain current schooling practices in a context of increased concerns about students' behaviour and results on standardised tests of achievement. Drawing upon teacher and student learning practices in three school sites in south-east Queensland, Australia,…
Descriptors: Commercialization, Risk, Behavior Problems, Intervention
Morton, Brenda M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions of former and current foster youth about the barriers they encountered during their K-12 education, and to learn how they overcame these obstacles and achieved academic success. The study included in-depth interviews of 11 participants, all of whom were current or former…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Academic Achievement, Barriers, Qualitative Research
Preyear, Loukisha – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative multi-site case study was to explore the impact of principals' leadership styles on student academic achievement in a high-poverty low-performing school district in Louisiana. A total of 17 participants, principals and teachers, from this school district were used in this study. Data source triangulation of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, School Districts, Poverty
Felimban, Huda; Nowicki, Elizabeth A.; Dare, Lynn; Brown, Jason – British Journal of Special Education, 2016
In this comparative study, students from inclusive schools in Canada and Saudi Arabia shared their beliefs about factors associated with learning difficulties. Qualitative data were collected through interviews with 36 Canadian and 62 Saudi elementary students in Grades 5 and 6. Thematic analysis uncovered six themes: lack of knowledge,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Learning Problems
Cannata, Marisa; Redding, Christopher; Nguyen, Tuan D. – Grantee Submission, 2016
This paper is situated at the intersection of two trends in education research: a growing emphasis on the importance of co-cognitive traits and emergence of research-practice partnerships to more effectively scale effective practices. Our partnership focused on building student ownership and responsibility for their learning, which means creating…
Descriptors: Ownership, Student Responsibility, Educational Practices, School Culture
Dyregrov, Atle; Dyregrov, Kari; Endsjø, Mathilde; Idsoe, Thormod – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2015
It is well documented that loss and trauma may lead to a reduction in school grades and an increase in the school dropout rate among school children. However, in order for the schools to support students in the best way after trauma and loss, it is of great importance that teachers are aware of these problems. In this study, we investigated the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Grief, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
Nelms, Amanda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study was conducted to determine if a growing, urban school district was adequately addressing the academic, social-emotional and behavioral needs of students identified as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act. McKinney-Vento eligible students were compared to non-homeless virtual twins. Each twin was created through averaging three…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Urban Schools, School Districts
