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Jessup-Anger, Jody; Dooley, Jonathan C.; Leih, Rachel; Mueller, Elizabeth; Dean, Kathleen Lis – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Emerging research illustrates that undergraduate students are searching for meaning in their lives, yet postsecondary institutions generally do little to support them in exploring such issues (Astin et al., 2005b). We speculated that religiously affiliated institutions might offer guidance on supporting students' spiritual development, and thus…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Education, Student Attitudes, Catholics
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Weiner, Mary T.; Day, Stefanie J.; Galvan, Dennis – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
Student perspectives reflect school climate. The study examined perspectives among deaf and hard of hearing students in residential and large day schools regarding bullying, and compared these perspectives with those of a national database of hearing students. The participants were 812 deaf and hard of hearing students in 11 U.S. schools. Data…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Bullying, Educational Environment
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Donche, Vincent; De Maeyer, Sven; Coertjens, Liesje; Van Daal, Tine; Van Petegem, Peter – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background. Although the evidence in support of the variability of students' learning strategies has expanded in recent years, less is known about the explanatory base of these individual differences in terms of the joint Influences of personal and contextual characteristics. Aims. Previous studies have often investigated how student learning is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Learning Strategies, Context Effect
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The main objective of this study was to procure reliable information on the education, experience, and general character of the rural teaching force of Nebraska, together with the first-hand knowledge of some of the conditions contributing to the home and school environment of these teachers. This knowledge was obtained by means of a…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Educational Development, Rural Schools, Teacher Education
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) collected data on a sample of seniors in the 1971-72 school year. Excluded were students from schools for the handicapped, schools for legally confined students, and special school situations. The school file, a companion to the student data file, contains 1,318 records, one…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities, Grade 12
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1976
Detailed technical reports of the findings from two preliminary field tests of a high school student questionnaire are presented. The questionnaire was developed to measure five major functions of schooling: (1) custody or control over students, (2) course selection, (3) student evaluation and certification, (4) instructional processes and (5)…
Descriptors: Courses, Data Analysis, Discipline, Educational Environment
MAYESKE, GEORGE W.; AND OTHERS – 1968
THIS REPORT PRESENTS CORRELATIONAL AND REGRESSION ANALYSES OF VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF SUBSETS OF NINTH-GRADE STUDENT BODY AND SCHOOL VARIABLES FROM THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY (COLEMAN REPORT), IN AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE DIFFERENT SCHOOL INDEXES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVEMENT. IT IS HOPED THAT THE INDEXES OBTAINED FROM THE 400 ORIGINAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Robinson, Chris; Hughes, Paul – 1999
The participation of Australia's indigenous peoples in vocational education and training (VET) and the outcomes of their participation were examined in a national study that involved four major data collection activities: investigation of statistics in the national VET collection and results of the Graduate Destination Survey; review of literature…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Data Analysis, Educational Attitudes