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Hallam, Susan; Parsons, Samantha – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The adoption of setting in the primary school (pupils ability grouped across classes for particular subjects) emerged during the 1990s as a means to raise standards. Recent research based on 8875 children in the Millennium Cohort Study showed that 25.8% of children in Year 2 were set for literacy and mathematics and a further 11.2% of children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ability Grouping, Incidence, Elementary School Students
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Thomas, Emily H.; Galambos, Nora – Research in Higher Education, 2004
To investigate how students' characteristics and experiences affect satisfaction, this study uses regression and decision tree analysis with the CHAID algorithm to analyze student-opinion data. A data mining approach identifies the specific aspects of students' university experience that most influence three measures of general satisfaction. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Multiple Regression Analysis, Student Experience, Satisfaction
Shertzer, John; Wall, Vernon; Frandsen, Alisa; Guo, Yan; Whalen, Donald F.; Shelley, Mack C., II – College Student Affairs Journal, 2005
Multiple regression was performed on four dependent variables derived from the results of a student survey measuring attitudes about student leadership: (a) leadership is important to the student, (b) the student considers himself or herself to be a leader, (c) leadership will be important to the student after college, and (d) leaders need to be…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Student Leadership, Predictor Variables