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Rankin, Wendy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This exploratory study examined the relationships among strengths use, spirituality, religion, and positive mental health of 109 traditional undergraduate, college-attending emerging adults in a public university in the southern region of the United States, often referred to as the Bible-Belt. Constructs of the study were guided by a student…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Spiritual Development, Religion, Mental Health
Olafsdottir, Kristin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
For the institution and its regional campuses under review, the amount of outstanding student liabilities (i.e., monies owed by the student to the institution for educational-related expenditures not satisfied by the end of the term) grew at an alarming rate between 2000 and 2014, with some of the institution's regional campuses experiencing over…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Institutional Characteristics, Debt (Financial), Universities
Ghusson, Martina – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine whether transfer status and type matter for student engagement and if so, what student characteristics affect this relationship. Data from senior students at four-year institutions across the United States who completed the National Survey for Student Engagement (NSSE) in 2009 were used. Descriptive…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Learner Engagement, Student Characteristics, College Seniors
Deering, Pamela Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research compares and contrasts two approaches to predictive analysis of three years' of school district data to investigate relationships between student and teacher characteristics and math achievement as measured by the state-mandated Maryland School Assessment mathematics exam. The sample for the study consisted of 3,514 students taught…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Mathematics Achievement
Phillips, Linda S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Nontraditional-learner retention is a significant issue for colleges. Current research finds that 38.9% of nontraditional learners do not meet their educational goals. Further, there is a 20% increase in online dropout rates compared to the traditional classroom. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence nontraditional…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, College Students, School Holding Power, Electronic Learning
Shamel, Kimberly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Bullying is a large scale social problem impacting educational systems nationwide, and has been linked to negative outcomes for both bullies and targets. Bullying has become more highly technological and is most often referred to as cyber bullying. Bullies have begun to use the internet, social networking sites, e-mail, instant messaging (IM),…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Peer Relationship, Student Behavior
Deplazes, Svetlana P. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the overall level of student achievement on the 2012 Kansas History-Government Assessment in Grades 6, 8, and high school, with major emphasis on the subject area of economics. It explored four specific research questions in order to: (1) determine the level of student knowledge of assessed economic…
Descriptors: Economics, Social Studies, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement
Shea, Christine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether an eighth grade state-level math assessment contained items that function differentially (DIF) for English Learner students (EL) as compared to English Only students (EO) and if so, what factors might have caused DIF. To determine this, Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis was employed.…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, English Language Learners, Grade 8, Mathematics Tests
Hogendorp, Melanie Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research investigated the relationship between college students' political involvement and their capacities for socially responsible leadership, including which student characteristics, precollege experiences, and collegiate experiences contributed to these capacities. Political involvement was defined as participation in co-curricular,…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Participation, Politics, Social Responsibility
Patterson, Steven T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to employ value-added methodology to determine which placement setting offered the ninth grade 2009 special education high school cohort the most academic growth as measured on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). This particular cohort was selected because it was the most recent cohort for which 3…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, High Schools, Student Placement
McCormick, Kiyan – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Simulated learning experiences using high-fidelity human patient simulators (HPS) are increasingly being integrated into baccalaureate nursing programs. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine relationships among learning style, critical thinking disposition, critical thinking, and clinical judgment during high-fidelity human patient…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Personality, Clinical Diagnosis
Fusilier, Kristy D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study utilized the administration of the CORE Drug and Alcohol Survey long form, with the inclusion of 10 additional questions to assess prior history of behaviors, social organization membership status, and reasons for utilization of alcohol, to a representative sample of 2500 college students within a single university in order to determine…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Surveys, Statistical Analysis
Guy, Breonte Stephan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The scant literature on persistence of African American males in science typically takes a deficits-based approach to encapsulate the myriad reasons this population is so often underrepresented. Scientist Identity, Mentoring, and Campus Climate have, individually, been found to be related to the persistence of African American students. However,…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Academic Persistence, Disproportionate Representation
LeRoux, Mindy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between oral reading fluency (ORF) and Maze, two common Curriculum-Based Measures (CBMs), and the statewide large-scale assessment of reading in Oregon, the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills- Reading (OAKS-R). A sample of three cohorts of eighth-grade students in an Oregon school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade 8, Reading Tests, Oral Reading
Featro, Susan Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The study gathered data on learning styles, technical comfort level, age, gender, and undergraduate or graduate status to determine if these are predictors of student satisfaction in online learning environments. Student satisfaction was considered in terms of learner-content interaction, learner-instructor interaction, learner-learner…
Descriptors: Interaction, Cognitive Style, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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