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Uotinen, Virpi; Suutama, Timo; Ruoppila, Isto – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
A person-oriented approach was used in a study of age identification among community-dwelling older people. The study was based on 8-year follow-up data; 843 persons aged 65-84 were involved in the first phase of the study, and 426 persons aged 73-92, in the second phase. Loosely, on the basis of the distinction between successful, usual, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Older Adults, Aging (Individuals)
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Palenzuela, Silvia M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2004
The research study examined the relationship between pre-kindergarten teachers' age and years of experience with their perceptions and their actual compliance with the norms of the High/Scope Pre-kindergarten Program. Teachers' perceptions of satisfaction with the supervisory relationship were measured by the Early Childhood Job Satisfaction…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Environment, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Norms
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Miralpeix, Inmaculada – International Journal of English Studies, 2007
The aim of this study is to analyse the possible effects of Age of Onset (AO), Cognitive Maturity (Age at Testing--AT) and Amount of Exposure (AE) on the productive vocabularies of learners of English as a Foreign Language (FL). Three groups of bilingual Catalan/Spanish students were tested towards the end of Secondary Education. The groups…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Profiles, English (Second Language)
Wagner, Mary; Newman, Lynn; Cameto, Renee; Levine, Phyllis; Garza, Nicolle – National Center for Special Education Research, 2006
This report is an executive summary of two previously-released reports presenting findings from Wave 2: The Academic Achievement and Functional Performance of Youth with Disabilities and After High School: A First Look at the Postschool Experiences of Youth with Disabilities. Some key findings presented in the Overview include the following: (1) A…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Performance Based Assessment, Out of School Youth, Education Work Relationship
Ling, Thomson Joseph – Online Submission, 2006
Research has suggested that transfer students experience difficulty in many domains however limited research has examined the variables associated with transfer student success. The present study examined transfer student success using a sample of 163 first-year transfer students at a large mid-Atlantic university. The mean age of the participants…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Success, Self Efficacy, Social Integration
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Gupta, Sat; Harris, David E.; Carrier, Nellie M; Caron, Paul – College Student Journal, 2006
Most undergraduate programs require completion of a mathematics course, but pass rates in these courses are often low. To determine predictors of student success in 100-level mathematics courses at the University of Southern Maine, we used a questionnaire to collect information on possible predictors of grade (student demographics, attitude,…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Multivariate Analysis, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes
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Ali, Saba Rasheed; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley – Journal of Career Development, 2006
This study investigates the relationship between postsecondary aspirations and vocational/educational self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, perceived educational barriers, and sources of support among a sample of rural Appalachian high school students. Using Social Cognitive Career Theory as the theoretical framework, vocational/educational…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, High School Students, Self Efficacy, Academic Aspiration
Chambers, Jay; Bobbitt, Sharon A. – 1996
This report presents information regarding the patterns of variation in the salaries paid to public and private school teachers in relation to various personal and job characteristics. Specifically, the analysis examines the relationship between compensation and variables such as public/private schools, gender, race/ethnic background, school level…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Labor Market
Shawaker, Patricia; Dembo, Myron H. – 1996
A study examined the hypothesis that learning strategy coupled with efficacy-building teaching interactions would lead to greater strategic learning than learning strategy instruction alone. A reading comprehension strategy was taught to 184 students from 4 Los Angeles County (California) public and independent schools. Included were 65…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
Inderbitzen, Heidi M.; Garbin, Calvin P. – 1992
In an attempt to determine the subscale structures most useful for identifying adolescents with social skill deficits, this study investigated the factor structure of the Teenage Inventory of Social Skills (TISS) and its relationship to two measures of adolescent social competence. Two measures were completed by 1,142 ninth-grade students (577…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Criterion Referenced Tests
Orozco, Sergio; Freidrich, Katherine R. – 1992
The relationship between factors underlying a measure of acculturation, the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA), and the 566-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was studied. The ARSMA consists of 20 questions that are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Mexican oriented (1) to Anglo oriented (5).…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Comparative Testing
Baydar, Nazli; And Others – 1994
Data from a 20-year longitudinal study of 125 males and 126 females born to Black teenage mothers in a Baltimore hospital between 1966 and 1968 were analyzed to identify early childhood, middle childhood, and early adolescence determinants of functional literacy. All 251 subjects were interviewed in 1987, and 202 of them completed a document…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Behavior Development
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Kariv, Dafna; Heiman, Tali – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
The main objective of this study is to explore the coping behaviours of Israeli continuing education students who combine work and academic studies. Multi-level analyses revealed that: (1) perceived academic stress is determined by academic load and perceived work stress by workload; (2) coping strategies are related to an array of perceived…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Stress Management, Coping, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Lynch, Beth Eloise – 1986
This study was conducted to determine whether the filmic coding elements of split screen, slow motion, generated line cues, the zoom of a camera, and rotation could aid in the development of the Euclidean space concepts of horizontality and verticality, and to explore presence and development of spatial skills involving these two concepts in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
Wolfle, Lee M.; Ethington, Corinna A. – 1984
To correct for the effects of measurement error on structural parameter estimates, many researchers are now estimating models of educational achievement with LISREL. In order to estimate such models it is desirable to obtain multiple manifest measures of the latent constructs. Many researchers restrict their models to two manifest measures per…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Goodness of Fit
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