NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 5,146 to 5,160 of 24,203 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
De La Garza, Thomas; Wood, J. Luke; Harris, Frank, III – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The Community College Survey of Men (CCSM) assesses predictors of student success for historically underrepresented and underserved men in community colleges. The instrument is designed to inform programming and service-delivery for male students (Wood & Harris, 2013). While the instrument was designed for community college men in general,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Veterans, Veterans Education, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bilenkisi, Fikret; Gungor, Mahmut Sami; Tapsin, Gulcin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to analyze the relationship between the education levels of household heads and the poverty risk of households in Turkey. The logistic regression models have been estimated with the poverty risk of a household as a dependent variable and a set of educational levels as explanatory variables for all households. There are subgroups of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Family Income, Poverty, Heads of Households
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wagner, Rachel – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
The balance of empirical research on college men is a portrait of their maladaptive and antisocial attitudes and behaviors. Studies have demonstrated the correlation between college men's problematic behavior and adherence to gender role traditionalism. Educators have few composites of men's prosocial behavior nor the masculine ideology that…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Masculinity, Student Adjustment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wiltse, Lynne – Literacy, 2015
In this paper, I report on a school-university collaborative research project that investigated which practices and knowledges of Canadian Aboriginal students not acknowledged in school may provide these students with access to school literacy practices. The study, which took place in a small city in Western Canada, examined ways to merge the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation, Research Projects, Indigenous Populations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mitchell, Elisabeth Sheridan; Mrug, Sylvie; Patterson, Cryshelle S.; Bailey, Kirstin J.; Bart Hodgens, J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
This study evaluated the effects of a behavioral summer treatment program for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD). Twenty boys (M = 9.2 years) diagnosed with HFASD participated in the 6-week program across 6 years. Detailed daily behavioral data were collected on a variety of positive and negative social behaviors.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Summer Programs, Behavior Modification
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Brooms, Derrick R. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
The current study relies on in-depth interviews with twenty Black males who graduated from Du Bois Academy (pseudonym), an urban, all-boys public charter secondary school and explores their educational perceptions and experiences. In particular, the author examines the interplay between students' in-school experiences and navigating a…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Single Sex Schools, Urban Areas
Gonzalez, Carolina E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The experiences of Latino male students are oftentimes consolidated with those of other student populations from similar backgrounds. While the research on Latino males has been slowly expanding to include their varied experiences, it has been mostly characterized by a deficit-oriented narrative focusing on their challenges rather than their…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Hispanic American Students, Males, At Risk Students
Garcia, Lorenzo F. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative study focuses on the stories of six self-Identified Gay Latinos in a higher education. The participant's stories are documented using "Testimonio." The six men were uniquely situated to give their "testimonios" about their campus experiences of seeking support in that they were the narrators of the experiences.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Homosexuality, Qualitative Research, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thompson, Rahmelle C.; Monroe-White, Thema; Xavier, Jeffrey; Howell, Courtney; Moore, Myisha Roberson; Haynes, J. K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Equal representation within higher education science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and the STEM workforce in the United States across demographically diverse populations is a long-standing challenge. This study uses two-to-one nearest-neighbor matched-comparison group design to examine academic achievement, pursuit of…
Descriptors: Males, STEM Education, Academic Achievement, Graduate Study
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Lawrence, Barry A. M. – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT; Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, & Davis, 2003) model to investigate factors predicting the acceptance of iPad tablets by learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) at a technical vocational college in Saudi Arabia. An online survey was conducted on 199 male learners,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal; Campbell, Michelle; Hoffman, Renee Thibodeau; Self, Kayli – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This study examined Pathways Early Autism Intervention, a community-based, parent-mediated, intensive behavioral and developmental intervention program for children with autism spectrum disorders that could be used as a model for state-funded early intervention programs. A single-subject, multiple-baseline, across-participants design was used.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toddlers, Early Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hazaea, Abduljalil Nasr; Alzubi, Ali Abbas – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper investigates the efficiency of using mobile technology in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading classroom of 30 male students at Preparatory Year, Najran University. Specifically, the study aims to explore the role of this new integrated method in enhancing the EFL learners' reading practices. Integrating Freebody and Luke's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Palacios, Angélica M. G.; Alvarez, Rafael D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Drawing upon the Community College Socio-Ecological Outcomes model, this study is among the first to have addressed the outcomes of nonfirst-generation community college men of color. The purpose of this study was to investigate differences across ethnicities for key factors in two socioecological domains, including noncognitive and campus ethos…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Minority Group Students, African American Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mujtaba, Tamjid; Reiss, Michael J. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2016
This article explores how students' aspirations to study mathematics or physics in post-16 education are associated with their perceptions of their education, their motivations, and the support they feel they received. The analysis is based on the responses of around 10,000 students in England in Year 8 (age 12-13) and then in Year 10 (age 14-15).…
Descriptors: Females, Physics, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Allen, Jennifer L.; Morris, Amy; Chhoa, Celine Y. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between callous-unemotional (CU) traits and response to rewards and discipline in adolescent boys using a mixed-methods approach. Participants comprised 39 boys aged between 12 and 13 years and 8 teachers. Quantitative findings showed that CU traits were significantly related to punishment…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Personality Traits, Rewards, Discipline
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  340  |  341  |  342  |  343  |  344  |  345  |  346  |  347  |  348  |  ...  |  1614