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DaLomba, Elaina; Baxter, Mary Frances; Fingerhut, Patricia; O'Donnell, Anne – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
Occupational therapists treat children with sensory processing and behavioral concerns, however, little information exists on how these issues affect parent participation. This pilot study examined the sensory processing and behaviors of toddlers with developmental delays and correlated these with parents' perceived ability to participate in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Behavior, Sensory Integration, Parent Participation
Natale, Vickie C.; Jones, Stephanie J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
The study examined how institutional and student characteristics may influence the earning of student success points by state-supported community colleges under the Texas performance funding system that was fully implemented in the 2016-2017 biennium. Texas has historically funded community colleges based on an enrollment formula; however, the…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Vasquez, Sonya – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of the value of academic advising to second-year students at a Hispanic Serving Institution in south Texas. This study surveyed second-year students during the 2016-2017 year to examine whether academic advising enhanced the retention. The theoretical foundation of this study relied on the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Advising, Hispanic American Students
Berg, Stephen A.; Stoner, James C. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2016
Selecting resident assistants is integral to the success of housing operations on college and university campuses. Recruiting high-performing student staff is a priority in achieving departmental goals. Despite the importance of this process and the amount of time and resources expended during selection, there is scarce research investigating the…
Descriptors: College Students, Resident Advisers, Personnel Selection, Job Performance
Allen, Nancy J.; DeLauro, Kimberly A.; Perry, Julia K.; Carman, Carol A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Previous research has found a positive relationship between students who had completed a sequence of developmental reading and writing courses and success in a reading-intensive college-level course. This study replicates and expands upon the previous research of Goldstein and Perin (2008) by utilizing a differently diverse sample and an…
Descriptors: Correlation, Developmental Studies Programs, Reading Skills, Literacy
Hanes, Carol Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over 40% of undergraduates in the United States attend a community college; however, fewer than 50% complete a degree or certificate within 6 years. As a result, national and state leaders have endorsed completion agenda initiatives, including performance-based funding (PBF). Texas implemented a form of PBF for the 2014-2015 Academic Year (AY)…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Price, Derek V.; Tovar, Esau – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Philanthropists, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are increasingly focused on a college completion crisis in the United States. Collectively and independently, they have called for increasing the number of adults with postsecondary certificates and degrees as a national imperative. Using the 2007 administration of the Community College…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learner Engagement, Graduation Rate, Educational Practices
Kettler, Todd; Hurst, Luke T. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2017
Participation in advanced academic programs such as Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) has been associated with higher student achievement and college readiness. In addition, AP and IB are widely recommended and implemented as services for gifted and talented students. Students who participate in these programs tend to be…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Advanced Placement Programs, Student Participation, Longitudinal Studies
Hightower, Christopher Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Since the turn of the century, higher education organizations and educational policy makers have urged U.S. colleges and universities to internationalize due to globalization pressures of the twenty-first century. The desired outcome of these internationalization efforts is intercultural competence. Decades of literature have provided a number of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, College Freshmen, Prior Learning, Student Attitudes
Lozano-Chapa, Maria Mayte – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined the relationship between principals and counselor burnout in the public-school system. There were 109 elementary, middle school, and high school counselors from the Region One Area in the Rio Grande Valley who took part in this study. Participants completed a Demographic Questionnaire to obtain information on the school…
Descriptors: Correlation, School Counselors, Burnout, Principals
The Contribution of Morphological Knowledge to 7th Grade Students' Reading Comprehension Performance
Mokhtari, Kouider; Neel, Joanna; Matatall, Abbey; Richards, Andrea – Reading Horizons, 2015
In this study, we examined the role of morphology, an important yet largely understudied source of difficulty, in reading ability among 7th grade students in one junior high school in the southwestern United States. We sought to find out how much variance in reading ability is accounted for by these students' morphological knowledge, and whether…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Reading Achievement, Vocabulary Development
Campbell, Robyn; Riggs, Shelley A. – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Context: Research has indicated that returning Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans are experiencing mental health concerns following deployment. Increasing numbers of veterans are enrolling in higher education institutions; there is a scarcity of empirical research investigating student veterans' experiences as…
Descriptors: Veterans, College Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Health
Texas, Araceli Garza; Mundy, Marie-Anne; Varela, Daniella; Ybarra, Anissa; Yuma, Stephanie – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2016
There has been little to no data indicating that candidate scores on the Nelson Denny Reading Assessment, entrance GPA, and basic skills were effective measures for success in educator preparation programs. This study contributed to the body of knowledge by evaluating whether candidate scores on the Nelson Denny Reading Assessment, entrance GPA,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Vocabulary
Chen, Xuewei; Cisse-Egbuonye, Nafissatou; Spears, Erica C.; Mkuu, Rahma; McKyer, E. Lisako J. – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: Due to the disproportionately high rates of obesity within the US Hispanic community, there is a critical need to address this health disparity issue. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between parents' socio-demographic characteristics and their children's food consumption. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting:…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Hispanic American Students, Grade 4, Health Behavior
Mitchell, Anthony J.; Shoho, Alan R. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
This study sought to determine if there was a relationship between teacher perceptions of educational change and student achievement. Teacher perceptions of change represented the independent variable and the dependent variable consisted of eleventh grade math Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores, cohort completion rates, and math…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Academic Achievement, Educational Change