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Berkowitz, Ruth; Moore, Hadass; Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Educational researchers and practitioners assert that supportive school and classroom climates can positively influence the academic outcomes of students, thus potentially reducing academic achievement gaps between students and schools of different socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Nonetheless, scientific evidence establishing directional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Social Justice, Socioeconomic Background
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Banning, James H. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
First-generation college students are students whose parents or guardians did not obtain a four year college degree (Davis, 2012). As a group these students make up a large part of the college student population and are often reported to encounter difficulties in their campus experience. While the topic of first-generation student has received…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Documentation, Content Analysis
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Pham, Mai T.; Rajic, Andrijana; Greig, Judy D.; Sargeant, Jan M.; Papadopoulos, Andrew; McEwen, Scott A. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2014
Background: The scoping review has become an increasingly popular approach for synthesizing research evidence. It is a relatively new approach for which a universal study definition or definitive procedure has not been established. The purpose of this scoping review was to provide an overview of scoping reviews in the literature. Methods: A…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Synthesis, Evidence, Literature Reviews
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Altamimi, Ahmed A.; Lee, Lay Wah; Sayed-Ahmed, Al-sayed A.; Kassem, Mostafa M. – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
Special education in Saudi Arabia was formally established in 1962. The earliest cited literature on special education written in English was a 1970 government report. This article presents results from the first synthesis of internationally published Saudi special education literature over a 44-year period. This synthesis yielded information…
Descriptors: Special Education, Foreign Countries, Written Language, English
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Mendoza Díaz, Noemi V.; Cox, Monica F. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
This paper presents an extensive overview of preschool to 12th grade (P-12) engineering education literature published between 2001 and 2011. Searches were conducted through education and engineering library engines and databases as well as queries in established publications in engineering education. More than 50 publications were found,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Engineering Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cullen, John; Turnbull, Sharon – Human Resource Development Review, 2005
An appraisal of recent reviews of the literature on management development demonstrates the existence of a number of perspectives on the topic, and this lack of a uniform approach has contributed to confusion about the subject. This article examines a series of recent and existing literature reviews on the topic of management development. It…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Management Development, Meta Analysis, Synthesis