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Peguero, Anthony A.; Bondy, Jennifer M.; Hong, Jun Sung – Youth & Society, 2017
The focus of this study is to investigate school bonding among adolescents in immigrant families using a segmented assimilation theoretical framework. Data are drawn from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, a nationally representative sample of 10th graders. We focus on a subsample consisting of 9,870 first- (N = 1,170, 12 %), second- (N =…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Immigrants, Acculturation, Longitudinal Studies
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Bondy, Jennifer M.; Peguero, Anthony A.; Johnson, Brent E. – Education and Urban Society, 2017
Academic self-efficacy reflects an adolescent's level of confidence or belief that she or he can successfully accomplish educational assignments and tasks, which are also argued to be a fundamental factor in educational progress and success. Little is known, however, about the academic self-efficacy that the children of immigrants have, which is…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
van de Sande, Carla; Boggess, May; Hart-Weber, Catherine – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
Homework is a daily activity for at least twelve years of most students' school experience, and every assignment requires the time, energy, and emotional engagement of all those involved. Traditionally, students seeking homework help could refer to their class notes and textbooks, or ask their friends, tutors, and, perhaps, as last resort, their…
Descriptors: Homework, High School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Internet
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Montemayor, David; Kupczynski, Lori; Mundy, Marie-Anne – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2015
Hispanic immigrant students face several challenges to academic success. The purpose of this sequential explanatory research was to identify academic differences that existed between first and second generation Hispanic immigrant students on the 10th grade Geometry End of Course scores in a public, rural high school in south Texas and to focus on…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Academic Achievement, Generational Differences, Social Networks
Hardy, Bradley – University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, 2012
Using data linked across generations in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, I estimate the relationship between exposure to volatile income during childhood and a set of socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood. The empirical framework is an augmented intergenerational income mobility model that includes controls for income volatility. I measure income…
Descriptors: Correlation, Family Income, Socioeconomic Influences, Children
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2013
The Advisory Committee's 2010 report, "The Rising Price of Inequality," found that need-based grant aid from all sources was inadequate by examining the enrollment and completion rates of low-income high school graduates who seek to earn a bachelor's degree and are qualified to gain admission to a 4-year college. The major finding was…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, High School Graduates, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Kelly, Patrick; Strawn, Julie – National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NJ1), 2011
From 2000 to 2008, enrollments by recent high school graduates grew faster than enrollments by adults age 25 and older (25.3 percent v. 23.6 percent). Between 2009 and 2019, this trend is expected to reverse, with adult enrollments increasing by twice as much as enrollments by traditional age students (22.6 percent vs. 9.7 percent). This paper…
Descriptors: Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment Influences, Statistical Analysis
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Kang, Myunghee; Heo, Heeok; Jo, Il-Hyun; Shin, Jongho; Seo, Jeonghee – Australian Educational Computing, 2012
Educational performance based on the learning outcomes of formal schooling in a future knowledge society could be significantly different from that of today. This study investigates the possibilities of developing an educational performance indicator for new-millennium learners (NMLs). The researchers conducted literature reviews, a meeting of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis, Information Management, Expertise
Andrus, Ward H. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Purpose. The purpose of the study was to identify and describe learning preferences of current high school students enrolled in online courses. The study further identified the students' perceived benefits and academic attractions to online education. The study also addressed the degree of satisfaction with their online courses. The study's final…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, High Schools, School Schedules, Rural Schools