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Díaz McConnell, Eileen; White, Rebecca M. B.; Ettekal, Andrea Vest – Applied Developmental Science, 2020
Although organized activities promote positive youth development, Latina/os are least likely to participate among ethnic minority youth. This study tested whether an indicator of social stratification, namely mothers' documentation status (i.e., nativity, citizenship, and legal status), explained low activity participation rates among Mexican and…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Latin Americans, Undocumented Immigrants, Age Differences
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Tyler, Kimberly A.; Schmitz, Rachel M. – Youth & Society, 2020
We used a life stress framework to examine linkages between distal or primary stressors (e.g., child abuse) and proximal or secondary stressors (e.g., street victimization) and their association with substance use among 150 youth experiencing homelessness in the Midwestern United States. Results revealed that numerous primary stressors such as…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Child Abuse, Victims of Crime, Substance Abuse
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Mercier, Kevin; Donovan, Corinne; Gibbone, Anne – Physical Educator, 2020
Students' attitudes toward physical education (PE) affect decisions to be physically active, are affected by the teacher and the curriculum, and become less positive as children get older. Federal funding has been granted to improve physical education programs, yet it is unknown how this funding affects attitudes and decisions to remain active.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Education, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
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Adigüzel, Niyazi Sidki – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This study aimed to compare dynamic balance education among young athletes in different sports. So forty male volunteers in soccer (n = 11), handball (n = 6), sprinting (n = 10), and martial arts (n = 13) participated in the current study. The mean age, height, and weight of the participants were 15.7 ± 0.5 years, 175.3 ± 4.6 cm, and 63.0 ± 6.8…
Descriptors: Males, Athletes, Athletics, Team Sports
Atkinson, Michael R., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to describe the self-efficacy of Georgia early-career agriculture teachers and its relationship to job satisfaction and career commitment. The participants in this study were Georgia agricultural education teachers with five years or less experience teaching middle or high school agriculture. This descriptive and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Agricultural Education, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Persistence
Van Orden, Alexia – Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2020
The State of Maryland has always prided itself on being a leader in higher education. In 2012, the Career and College Readiness and College Completion Act (CCRCCA) set an ambitious goal: that 55% of Marylanders would have at least one degree by 2025. Reaching this goal requires increasing college access and completion across a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Educational Policy
Elsayed Ali Elsamanoudy, Gamal; Sami Abdelaziz, Naglaa – Online Submission, 2020
The study aims to identify the gifted students in basic interior design courses by utilizing new teaching strategies to support their capabilities and their intellectual growth within the interior design program. This research used a descriptive correlational study design to recruit the gifted students studying at Ajman University during the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Interior Design, Teaching Methods, College Students
Stephen B. Holt; Rui Wang; Seth Gershenson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
Teaching is often assumed to be a relatively stressful occupation and occupational stress among teachers has been linked to poor mental health, attrition from the profession, and decreased effectiveness in the classroom. Despite widespread concern about teachers' mental health, however, little empirical evidence exists on long-run trends in…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Teaching Conditions, Stress Variables, Well Being
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Ming Ming Chiu; Chi Keung Woo; Alice Shiu; Yun Liu; Bonnie X. Luo – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2020
Purpose: A team member might exert little effort and exploit teammates' work (free riding), which can discourage their efforts. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether free riding devalues team projects and whether an online assessment system for individual scores (OASIS) system can reduce student perceptions of free riding and its harmful…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Postsecondary Education, Teamwork, Computer Assisted Testing
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Tenhovirta, Satu; Korhonen, Tiina; Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita; Hakkarainen, Kai – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
The present investigation examined cross-age peer tutoring in the context of organising a technology-enhanced STEAM project aimed at bringing elements of maker culture to a lower secondary school. We examined how 8th graders tutored 7th graders in programming skills. The participants were peer tutors (n = 15) studying in a technology-oriented…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Grade 8, Grade 7
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Tozoglu, Burak; Okdan, Bora; Gülbahçe, Öner – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
It was aimed to reveal whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the gender, age, sportive activity status and duration of the students studying at xxx University in the 2020-2021 academic year on their life skills levels. In this study descriptive survey method was used. A personal information form was used to obtain…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Age Differences, College Students, Daily Living Skills
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Kumps, Audrey; Temperman, Gaetan; De Lievre, Bruno – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2022
In French-speaking Belgium, one of the new tasks of the teacher will be to develop the informational skills of learners. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to identify the variables that affect the performance of online information retrieval so that teachers can plan appropriate teaching activities. The statistical Classification and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Information Retrieval
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MacEachern, Sarah; Forkert, Nils Daniel; Lemay, Jean-Francois; Dewey, Deborah – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Children and adolescents with disabilities benefit from physical activity. However, this population has lower fitness levels and higher rates of obesity than their peers, suggesting that they are not meeting physical activity guidelines and are experiencing barriers to participation. The purpose of this study was to quantify physical activity…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Physical Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Sansano-Nadal, Oriol; Wilson, Jason J.; Martín-Borràs, Carme; Brønd, Jan Christian; Skjødt, Mathias; Caserotti, Paolo; Roqué I. Figuls, Marta; Blackburn, Nicole E.; Klenk, Jochen; Rothenbacher, Dietrich; Guerra-Balic, Myriam; Font-Farré, Manel; Denkinger, Michael; Coll-Planas, Laura; Deidda, Manuela; McIntosh, Emma; Giné-Garriga, Maria; Tully, Mark A. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
The main aim of this study was to assess the criterion validity of the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) to measure SB in community-dwelling older adults using thigh-measured accelerometry as the criterion method. 801 participants (75.6 ± 6.1 years old, 57.6% females) provided valid thigh-based accelerometer data (activPAL/Axivity) and…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
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Rudolph, Karen D.; Dodson, Jillian F. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
Friendships can provide a critical buffer against stress for youth, but the extent to which they serve this role depends on whether they provide resources that youth value most. These valued provisions may differ for girls and boys and across stages of development. This study examined whether gender differences in friendship values intensify…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Friendship, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students
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