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Elise Swanson; Joseph Kitchen; Tatiana Melguizo; Francisco Martorell – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
We examine the impact of the Thompson Scholars Learning Community (TSLC), a comprehensive college transition program serving students with a variety of majors, on students' science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-related outcomes. We use an explanatory mixed-methods design, which prioritizes the quantitative analyses and uses qualitative…
Descriptors: STEM Education, School Transition, Communities of Practice, Student Experience
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Carney, Tara; Myers, Bronwyn J.; Louw, Johann; Lombard, Carl; Flisher, Alan J. – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
Research has shown a positive relationship between substance use and delinquent-type behaviours among adolescents. The aim of this study is to explore the temporal relationships between these outcomes through secondary data analysis of a longitudinal study of high-school students' risk behaviours. Two regression models were compared and gender,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Drug Use
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Shippen, Margaret E.; Patterson, DaShaunda; Dunn, Caroline; Derzis, Nicholas C.; Nelson, Cindy L.; Houchins, David E. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the writing skills of incarcerated males and to examine differences in these skills based on age and race. All participants (n=115) were male, so gender was not analyzed. Data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics as well as a Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). Results indicated wide…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Student Attitudes, Multivariate Analysis, Data Analysis
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Attwood, Gaynor; Croll, Paul – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2011
The paper investigates the attitudes of young people in England towards schooling and education and the relationship of these attitudes to intentions for educational participation and to various background characteristics of the young people. It provides an example of secondary data analysis through using the Longitudinal Survey of Young People in…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis
Stoll, Clarice S.; McPartland, James – 1969
Racial, sex, and family background differences of ninth- and twelfth-grade students in feelings of individual control over environment were analyzed from the data of the Coleman Report. For the ninth-grade group of black students the situational components of social class level of classmates, racial composition of the classroom, and close…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Black Students, Data Analysis, Family Structure
Fleming, Emmett L., Jr.; And Others – 1974
Though a previous study examined the data for vocational-technical students provided by the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, it did not exhaust the possibilities for evaluation of the data. The current study concentrated on three specific areas of analysis: (1) educational characteristics of students and selected…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Background, Data Analysis
Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2006
Each year, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement ("CCSSE") presents the results of its annual survey--and helps colleges use that information to improve student learning and persistence. "CCSSE" results give community colleges objective and relevant data about students' experiences at their colleges so they can better understand how…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Public Agencies, Student Participation
Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2006
Each year, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement ("CCSSE") presents the results of its annual survey--and helps colleges use that information to improve student learning and persistence. "CCSSE" results give community colleges objective and relevant data about students' experiences at their colleges so they can better understand how…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Public Agencies, Student Participation