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Direct linkAlexander S. Browman; Ryan C. Svoboda; Mesmin Destin – Grantee Submission, 2022
Despite barriers to educational attainment, low-SES youth often maintain strong academic intentions and performance if they continue to view school as important for obtaining the desired futures they envision for themselves. We undertook three related studies to examine the importance of one aspiration central to the desired futures of many…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Socioeconomic Background, Motivation, Self Concept
Yoo, Monica S. – Theory Into Practice, 2019
This article examines how students from immigrant families position themselves during language brokering acts that blur the boundaries between home and school. It draws upon a community cultural wealth framework (Yosso, 2005), which attends to the cultivation and uptake of rich forms of capital from culturally and linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Immigrants, Student Diversity, Language Attitudes
Martin, Andrew J.; Ginns, Paul; Anderson, Michael; Gibson, Robyn; Bishop, Michelle – Educational Psychology, 2021
Among a sample of 472 Indigenous high school students, juxtaposed with 15,884 non-Indigenous students from the same 54 schools, we investigated variation in motivation and engagement from school to school, and the role of motivation and engagement in predicting various academic outcomes (aspirations, buoyancy, homework completion, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Indigenous Populations, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
Omidire, Margaret Funke – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This article reports on the influence of communication skills on rural students' resilience and well-being. Purposive sampling was used to retrospectively select 40 (f: n = 20; m: n = 20) Grade 9 students in a rural school that were involved in a larger youth project that aimed to deliver pathways towards resilience in rural schools through…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Aspiration, Resilience (Psychology), Student Welfare
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Xtreme Reading" is a supplemental literacy curriculum designed to improve the literacy skills of struggling students in grades 6 to 12. The curriculum is primarily designed to help students improve their vocabulary, decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension skills. To ensure a productive learning environment, students initially learn…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Difficulties, Vocabulary Development, Decoding (Reading)
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
"Xtreme Reading" is a supplemental literacy curriculum designed to improve the literacy skills of struggling students in grades 6 to 12. The curriculum is primarily designed to help students improve their vocabulary, decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension skills. To ensure a productive learning environment, students initially learn…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Difficulties, Vocabulary Development, Decoding (Reading)
Chapin, Laurie A. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021
This longitudinal study of Mexican-American youth and emerging adults examines several ecodevelopmental factors longitudinally predicting high school and college graduation. Data from 1257 Mexican-American youth (including those born in Mexico and whose families are from Mexico) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Hispanic American Students, High School Graduates, College Graduates
West, Stephen G.; Hughes, Jan N.; Kim, Han Joe; Bauer, Shelby S. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
The Motivation for Educational Attainment (MEA) questionnaire, developed to assess facets related to early adolescents' motivation to complete high school, has a bifactor structure with a large general factor and three smaller orthogonal specific factors (teacher expectations, peer aspirations, value of education). This prospective validity study…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Educational Attainment, Questionnaires, Adolescent Attitudes
Diemer, Matthew A.; Rapa, Luke J. – Child Development, 2016
This research examines the complex patterns by which distinct dimensions of critical consciousness may lead marginalized adolescents toward distinct forms of political action. Structural equation modeling was applied to nationally representative data from the Civic Education Study (2,811 ninth graders; M[subscript age] = 14.6), first establishing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged, Social Action, Voting
Rao, Mrinalini A.; Berry, Ruhi; Gonsalves, Ayesha; Hastak, Yogita; Shah, Mukti; Roeser, Robert W. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
This study examined adolescents' perceptions of cultural change and identity development during an age of globalization in India. Analyses of data from 1497 Indian, urban, middle-class 12-15-year-olds (46% girls) revealed that these youth were aware of changes in their daily lives due to globalization and evaluated such changes in a pragmatic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Adolescents, Identification (Psychology)
Sriram, Rajalakshmi; Sandhu, Gurprit Kaur – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
In a globalizing urban India, middle-class parents are extremely anxious about their child's success and future in a competitive world. In this context, the present article attempts to capture middle-class educated Indian fathers' thoughts, feelings, and contributions in ensuring children's success, through primary research conducted in the city…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship
Donis-Keller, Christine; Silvernail, David L. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2009
This twelfth edition of "The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine" is designed to provide Maine citizens, legislators, and educators a yearly report on the state of Maine public schools and education. This new edition updates educational information which appeared in earlier editions, and also provides information on several new…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators
