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Gaotlhobogwe, Michael; Laugharne, Janet; Durance, Isabelle – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Understanding student attitudes to curriculum subjects is central to providing evidence-based options to policy makers in education. Purpose: We illustrate how quantitative approaches used in the social sciences and based on multivariate analysis (categorical Principal Components Analysis, Clustering Analysis and General Linear…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Sciences, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lipscomb, Stephen – Economics of Education Review, 2010
This study extends recent findings of a relationship between the relative age of students among their peers and their probability of disability classification. Using three nationally representative surveys spanning 1988-2004 and grades K-10, we find that an additional month of relative age decreases the likelihood of receiving special education…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Achievement Gains, Classification, Probability