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Miguel Requena; Manuel T. Valdés – European Journal of Education, 2024
Early school leaving (ESL) is considered one of the most serious problems in the functioning of European education systems. In particular, Spain has traditionally exhibited one of the largest ESL rates in Europe. This study aimed to shed light on the role of the month of birth as a factor conditioning the probability of ESL. Using high-quality…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Age, Males
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Adrià Fenoy; Michal Bojanowski; Miranda J. Lubbers – Field Methods, 2024
To estimate the distribution of the number of acquaintances of the members of a society, the network scale-up method asks survey respondents about the number of people they know with features for which national statistics are available. While many features have been used for this purpose, first names have been suggested to produce particularly low…
Descriptors: Surveys, Population Groups, Automation, Population Distribution
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Albert Sánchez-Gelabert – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
The recent complexity of the university system, with diverse academic trajectories and varying socio-demographic characteristics of students, has led to increased access for historically underrepresented students. This has resulted in a rising number of adult learners, students with external responsibilities and individuals returning to education.…
Descriptors: Age, Employment, Graduation Rate, Foreign Countries
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Serrate-Gonzalez, Sara; Sanchez-Rojo, Alberto; Andrade-Silva, Luis-E.; Muñoz-Rodriguez, Jose-Manuel – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2023
The presence of cyberspace in the lives of young people is such that we can no longer distinguish between online and offline spheres. They live a process of onlife development that is not always equitable in terms of gender. This paper aims to account for the online behaviour of Spanish adolescents according to gender and age, the decisions they…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Internet, Behavior
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Sergi Martín-Arbós; Elena Castarlenas; Fabia Morales-Vives; Jorge-Manuel Dueñas – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
Dropout is a problematic issue in education due to its high prevalence and impact on students and society. In fact, it can limit students' future options, and it involves a substantial cost for public budgets in most countries. This is not an easy problem to solve, since student dropout is a complex decisional process involving such factors as…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Potential Dropouts, Social Influences, Demography
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Imamoglu, Mehmet; Erbas, Cagdas; Dikmen, Cemal Hakan – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the studies related to augmented reality applications in sports science and to discuss the results based on this. Articles selected for analysis were found through searches journals in the Web of Science database from 1975 to 2018 were examined and searched using the keywords ("physical education"…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Educational Trends, Simulated Environment, Physical Education
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Hinojo-Lucena, Francisco-Javier; Aznar-Díaz, Inmaculada; Cáceres-Reche, María-Pilar; Trujillo-Torres, Juan-Manuel; Romero-Rodríguez, José-María – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2020
Sharenting is becoming a regular practice that compromises children's safety and privacy. This phenomenon is related to the act of sharing images of underage children on the Internet by their relatives. At the same time, a concern arises about the levels of Internet addiction in the population. In turn, levels of Internet addiction are a current…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Self Control, Child Safety
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de la Rosa, Olga María Alegre; Angulo, Luis Miguel Villar – International Education Studies, 2020
This study aimed to evaluate two objectives: first, the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and socio-demographic characteristics of children with cochlear implants (CIs) or hearing aids (HAs) on the Kid-KINDL[superscript R] _children_7-13 questionnaire, and second to analyze parental background factors and the perceptions of their children…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary School Students, Hearing Impairments, Quality of Life
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Grotlüschen, Anke; Stammer, Christopher; Sork, Thomas J. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
Professionalization in adult education is necessary, and several initiatives are underway to improve the professional situation as well as the competences and skills of adult educators. The relevance and importance of adult education is often stated. Large-scale assessments such as the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Professionalism, Teaching (Occupation)
Jennifer Graves; Zoe Kuehn – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Using individual data from PIAAC and aggregate data on GDP and unemployment for the US, Europe, and Spain, we test how macroeconomic conditions experienced at age eighteen affect the following decisions in post-secondary and tertiary education: (1) enrollment; (2) dropping-out; (3) type of degree completed; (4) area of specialization; and (5)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Decision Making, Macroeconomics, Unemployment
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Fernández-Batanero, José María; Cabero, Julio; López, Eloy – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the inclusive classroom requires competent teaching staff from both the technological and pedagogical points of view. Within this context, and with the aim of looking at one of these theoretical premises, this study aimed to identify the degree of training and technological…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Information Technology, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers
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Suárez Pandiello, Javier; García Valiñas, Marián; Muñiz, Manuel A. – European Journal of Education, 2016
The literature on the economics of education emphasises the relevance of the cognitive and non-cognitive dimensions of educational results. However, the latter have been ignored in the empirical literature that focuses on the measurement and evaluation of outcomes in secondary education. This article analyses non-cognitive outcomes using a survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Public Schools, Private Schools
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Salomone, Erica; Beranová, Štepánka; Bonnet-Brilhault, Frédérique; Briciet Lauritsen, Marlene; Budisteanu, Magdalena; Buitelaar, Jan; Canal-Bedia, Ricardo; Felhosi, Gabriella; Fletcher-Watson, Sue; Freitag, Christine; Fuentes, Joaquin; Gallagher, Louise; Garcia Primo, Patricia; Gliga, Fotinica; Gomot, Marie; Green, Jonathan; Heimann, Mikael; Jónsdóttir, Sigridur Loa; Kaale, Anett; Kawa, Rafal; Kylliainen, Anneli; Lemcke, Sanne; Markovska-Simoska, Silvana; Marschik, Peter B; McConachie, Helen; Moilanen, Irma; Muratori, Filippo; Narzisi, Antonio; Noterdaeme, Michele; Oliveira, Guiomar; Oosterling, Iris; Pijl, Mirjam; Pop-Jordanova, Nada; Poustka, Luise; Roeyers, Herbert; Rogé, Bernadette; Sinzig, Judith; Vicente, Astrid; Warreyn, Petra; Charman, Tony – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Little is known about use of early interventions for autism spectrum disorder in Europe. Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder aged 7?years or younger (N?=?1680) were recruited through parent organisations in 18 European countries and completed an online survey about the interventions their child received. There was considerable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Young Children, Autism
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Badia, Antoni; Garcia, Consuelo; Meneses, Julio – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
In recent years there has been widespread interest in the implementation of online courses in universities. While most studies about online learning environments primarily focus on technology-related issues or instructional methods, little attention has been given to online teachers and their teaching approaches. The aim of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Virtual Universities, Open Universities
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Smith, Thomas J.; Rose, Amy D.; Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.; Smith, M. Cecil – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The present study examined an international sample of adults from the Survey of Adult Skills administered by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009) to assess (1) how specific individual and country-level characteristics predict adult readiness to…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Readiness, Global Approach, Individual Characteristics
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