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Torsney, Benjamin M.; Symonds, Jennifer E. – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The Professional Student Program for Educational Resilience (PROSPER) was designed to increase students' ability to stay momentarily engaged in classwork, thus promoting educational resilience. Participants (N = 277, 51% male, 74% Irish) from two low-income schools in Dublin, Ireland (School A n = 158; School B n = 119), were assessed using the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Resilience (Psychology), Low Income, Intervention
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Moody, Vivian R. – Journal of Educational Research, 2004
The author reported research findings from a study that critically examined the role of sociocultural orientations in the mathematical experiences of 2 African American students. To determine how the orientations influenced the students' mathematical success, the author used a phenomenological research strategy to examine the life histories of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Role Models, Phenomenology
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Dolly, John P.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1978
A study of modeling behavior shows that undergraduate students who received negative feedback about their ability on a particular task tended afterward to imitate the poor models. (Editor)
Descriptors: Feedback, Modeling (Psychology), Negative Reinforcement, Performance Factors
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Schell, Leo M.; Courtney, Dan – Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Results of this study indicate that male teachers had no significant effect upon the academic achievement of father-absent sixth-grade boys. (JMF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Fatherless Family, Language Arts