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Using Composite Metrics to Measure Student Diversity in Higher Education
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McLaughlin, Jacqueline E.; McLaughlin, Gerald W.; McLaughlin, Josetta – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
The role and impact of diversity in higher education has permeated conversations about student access and achievement for many years. Language articulated by various courts suggests that higher education policies should reflect a broad conceptualisation of diversity beyond that of the magnitude and proportion of race and ethnicity, yet…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Court Litigation
Developing Student, Family, and School Constructs from NLTS2 Data
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Karrie A. Shogren; Mauricio Garnier Villarreal – Journal of Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to use data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) to (a) conceptually identify and empirically establish student, family, and school constructs; (b) explore the degree to which the constructs can be measured equivalently across disability groups; and (c) examine latent differences (means,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Construct Validity, Disabilities, Statistical Data
Differential Use of Learning Strategies in First-Year Higher Education: The Impact of Personality, Academic Motivation, and Teaching Strategies
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Donche, Vincent; De Maeyer, Sven; Coertjens, Liesje; Van Daal, Tine; Van Petegem, Peter – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background. Although the evidence in support of the variability of students' learning strategies has expanded in recent years, less is known about the explanatory base of these individual differences in terms of the joint Influences of personal and contextual characteristics. Aims. Previous studies have often investigated how student learning is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Learning Strategies, Context Effect
A Study to Explore New Methods of Identifying and Measuring Musical Talent.
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Osborn, Wendell L. – 1966
This study proposes to explore characteristics not usually considered musical, and yet which might combine in persons in such a way that results may lead to a clearer understanding and more accurate measurement and prediction of musical talent. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) Musical talent can be predicted by means of a selected set of variables…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavioral Science Research, Hypothesis Testing, Measurement Techniques
Education as Experimentation: A Planned Variation Model. Volume IV-A: An Evaluation of Follow Through.
Stebbins, Linda B.; And Others – 1977
This segment of the national evaluation study of the Follow Through Planned Variation Model presents background information and discusses the evaluation of the progress of Cohort III entering-kindergarten children during 4 years of Follow Through participation. Also discussed, for the purpose of examining replicability of effects, is the progress…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Experience
National Report College-Bound Seniors, 1979.
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1979
National results for the College Board's Admissions Testing Program for 1979 high school seniors are compiled in this annual report. Scores for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE), and Achievement Tests are reported and analyzed, and data from the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) is discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, College Admission, College Bound Students