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Mentzer, Nathan; Becker, Kurt – Journal of Technology Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if a student's academic success, measured by grade point average (GPA) in mathematics, science, and communication courses, is correlated with student change in achievement during an engineering design challenge. Engineering design challenges have been implemented and researched in K-16 environments where…
Descriptors: Design, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
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Bodovski, Katerina; Farkas, George – Elementary School Journal, 2007
We used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) data to examine how important mathematics readiness levels are to subsequent achievement growth and the efficacy of instruction and engagement in producing such growth. The ECLS-K selected a nationally representative sample of kindergartners in fall 1998 and is following…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Readiness
Meece, Darrell – Online Submission, 2000
Parental reports of 585 children's childcare experiences during the year preceding kindergarten were used to index the extent of children's involvement in three types of childcare: center-based (e.g., daycare center, Head Start, preschool), informal (e.g., relative-based or sitter-based) and parental. Childcare choices covaried with household SES,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Kindergarten, Child Care, Correlation