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Haavold, Per Øystein – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2020
In this exploratory study, I investigate the relationship between age, knowledge, and creativity in mathematics, by looking at to what extent does grade level, controlled for mathematical achievement, influence mathematical creativity and what characterizes the relationship between grade level, mathematical achievement and mathematical creativity.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Age Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 11
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Kurt, Adile Askim; Dogan, Ezgi; Erdogmus, Yasemin Kahyaoglu; Emiroglu, Bulent Gursel – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2018
The computer gaming addiction is one of the newer concepts that young generations face and can be defined as the excessive and problematic use of computer games leading to social and/or emotional problems. The purpose of this study is to analyse through variables the computer gaming addiction levels of secondary school students. The research was…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Addictive Behavior, Secondary School Students, Student Surveys
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Reed, Deborah K.; Petscher, Yaacov; Foorman, Barbara R. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
This study examined the contributions of vocabulary and spelling to the reading comprehension of students in grades 6-10 who were and were not classified as English language learners. Results indicate that vocabulary accounted for greater between-grade differences and unique variance (?R[superscript 2] = 0.11-0.31) in comprehension as compared to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Grade 6
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Bester, G. – Africa Education Review, 2013
Imaginary audience, personal fable, and over-estimation of responsibilities are typical characteristics of egocentric behaviour during adolescence. The aim of the research was to establish how these egocentric characteristics manifest themselves in a learning context. An empirical investigation was carried out involving 316 learners from Grade 8…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescent Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
Nelson, Derrick E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
For over thirty years, research has been conducted on the relative benefits of integrating the sixth through eighth grades within the structure of the K-8 elementary school or of establishing a freestanding middle school structure. While the available research clearly supports the positive effects of the K-8 structure on academic achievement in…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 8, School Organization, Statistical Analysis
McClanahan, Wendy S.; Gao, Jian; Sanders, Felcia – Research For Action, 2013
Community schools are an approach that has been adopted to respond to this educational crisis. By partnering with local agencies, community schools provide students and families with access to healthcare services, educational enhancement and recreational opportunities, family economic supports such as workforce development and income tax…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Middle School Students, Student Participation, Student Experience
EdSource, 2010
This appendix focuses on the descriptive statistics of the middle study schools that participated in the "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better. A Large-Scale Study of Middle Grades Practices and Student Outcomes. Initial Research." This appendix contains the following figures: (1) Student…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Rech, Janet F. – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Attitudes of 251 black students (133 fourth graders and 118 eighth graders) concerning mathematics were examined and compared by grade level, gender, and academic achievement with the attitudes of other students in their schools. Results show that higher-achieving black eighth graders have poorer attitudes toward mathematics than other students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Moore, Denis W. – 1984
A comparison of seventh and eighth graders' behaviors and achievement in K-8 and junior high schools shows K-8 students performing more favorably in all areas. Students in nine K-8 schools and nine junior high schools in the City School District of New York City were compared on reading achievement, attitude toward school, students' self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Discipline
Haynie, Glenda – Wake County Public School System, 2005
Eighty-seven percent of all Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) students instructed during 2002-03 were continuously enrolled (CE) in one school from the first week of the school year until the last day of school. Across grade levels CE percentages steadily increased from only 82% in kindergarten to 94% in grade 12, except for a dip to 83% in…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Counties, School Districts, Student Mobility