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Eric A. Kirk; William. L. Romine; Troy D. Sadler; Jamie N. Elsner; Laura A. Zangori; Li Ke – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2025
Although much is known about how students evaluate scientific information about contentious issues in classroom or laboratory contexts, less is known about how students do so in their daily life. This study hopes to address that gap, using survey data to study how high school students from the Midwest United States obtained and evaluated…
Descriptors: High School Students, Information Seeking, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Kabadayi, Fedai; Sari, Serkan V. – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2018
This study examined the role of resilience in the lives of cyberbullying perpetrators and their victims. Turkish adolescents (n = 444; 245 girls, 55.2%, and 199 boys, 44.8%) 15-19 years of age (mean age of 16.58 years, SD = 0.789) were recruited from different high schools. The participants completed the Cyberbullying Scale (Aricak, Kinay, &…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Bullying, Computer Security, Victims
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Bardakci, Salih – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
YouTube is one of the most prevalent social media sites across the globe. However, there is a lack of research on factors influencing educational use of YouTube. This study examines high school students' educational use of YouTube with unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). Using structural equation modeling, the proposed…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites
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Robinson, Karen Jeong; Roksa, Josipa – Research in Higher Education, 2016
While socioeconomic inequality in postsecondary outcomes is well documented, limited research explores the extent to which seeing a high school counselor can help to reduce inequality in college destinations. In particular, previous research rarely considers the high school context in which counselors and students interact as well as the other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, School Counseling
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Park, Julie J.; Becks, Ann H. – Review of Higher Education, 2015
Research on inequality and high schools often focuses on inequality "within" and "between" high schools. Different high schools may have markedly different access to resources such as college counselors and Advanced Placement offerings, or inequality may exist within a high school due to tracking or other forms of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Test Preparation, High School Students
Rainer, Paula L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of students with disabilities who contact the school counselor for college information. "Self-determination" was the theoretical framework guiding this study. Self-determination refers to a student's ability to (a) act autonomously, (b) identify goals, (c) engage in problem…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Disabilities, Access to Information, Self Determination
Willoughby, Jessica Fitts – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Sexual health text message services are becoming increasingly popular, but little is known about who uses such services and why. This project details the implementation of a campaign promoting a state-wide sexual health text message service that allows teens to text directly with a health educator and uses a mixed method design to assess who uses…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Health Education, Information Dissemination
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Elmunsyah, Hakkun – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
This study aimed to determine the readiness of disadvantaged areas in support of Electronic School Books (BSE), which could be downloaded free of charge by making use of Information Communication Technology (ICT). The present study was descriptive research which was approached quantitatively, and expected to expand the model of development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Electronic Publishing, Textbooks
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers