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Williams, Lisa J. – 1993
This paper examines the issue of gender bias in education. Major components of the thesis include research in Vermont schools and secondary sources including the 1992 American Association of University Women report. The paper includes three main divisions. The first part addresses the paradox of trying to study gender, including some basic…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Role
Schreiber, Deborah A. – 1984
This paper: (1) briefly reviews the existing literature which supports that female adolescents possess significantly more negative attitudes toward middle school science than do males; (2) examines the process of gender socialization in the United States to establish the socio-cultural and social psychological framework within which an attitudinal…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Females, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Juma Shehab, Samya Ali – Online Submission, 2007
This research focused on the undergraduate learners' perceptions of blended learning at the Arab Open University--Bahrain Branch (AOU-BH). It also focused on factors that influence learners' perceptions and examined the relationships between learners' perceptions and their particular demographic characteristics (age, gender, educational level,…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Arabs, Learning Processes
McNulty, William Brian – 1983
A study explored the agreement in occupational fields between adolescents' career aspirations and career expectations and the influence of gender, grade, and locus of control on this agreement. The reasons for occupational choice were also examined. Subjects were 500 randomly selected 8th through 12th grade students attending a secondary school in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
Jha, LaDeane R. – 1991
A study examined the variables affecting individuals' decisions to discontinue attendance in or complete their adult basic education (ABE) program. The study sample consisted of 2,323 students enrolled in an ABE program through an urban community college in the Midwest over a 2-year period. Data were derived from student records and program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons
Aagard, Steven D. – 1991
The effect of academic advising on perceptions of relevance by students from two developing countries in East Africa (Tanzania and Malawi) was studied through a survey. The dependent variable was relevance of education to career goals and to national agricultural development goals. The presence and/or adequacy of academic advising was the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Age, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Trends