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Pich, Jordi; Ballester, Lluis; Thomas, Monica; Canals, Ramon; Tur, Josep A. – Health Education Journal, 2011
Objective: To investigate the relationship between knowledge about a healthy diet and the actual food consumption habits of adolescents. Design: A survey of several food-related aspects applied to a representative sample of adolescents. Setting: One thousand, six hundred and sixty three individuals aged 11 to 18 from 40 schools randomly selected…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food, Adolescents, Dietetics
Eynon, Rebecca; Malmberg, Lars-Erik – Computers & Education, 2011
Using data from a nationally representative survey of over a 1000 young people in the UK this paper proposes a typology of the ways young people are using the Internet outside formal educational settings; and examines the individual and contextual factors that help to explain why young people are using the Internet in this way. Specifically, this…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Young Adults, Classification, Profiles
Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Learning Environments Research, 2009
This article discusses the effect of clustering on statistical tests conducted with school environment data. Because most school environment studies involve the collection of data from teachers nested within schools, the hierarchical nature to these data cannot be ignored. In particular, this article considers the influence of intraschool…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Teacher Educators
McCoach, D. Betsy – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2010
In education, most naturally occurring data are clustered within contexts. Students are clustered within classrooms, classrooms are clustered within schools, and schools are clustered within districts. When people are clustered within naturally occurring organizational units such as schools, classrooms, or districts, the responses of people from…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Causal Models, Academically Gifted, Educational Research
Ozdem, Guven – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
This study aimed to analyze the mission and vision statements on the strategic plans of higher education institutions. The sample of the study consisted of 72 public universities. Strategic plans of the universities were accessed over the internet, and the data collected were analyzed using content analysis. The findings show that statements on…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Content Analysis, Institutional Mission
Stickles, Paula R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
In this study, the characteristics of teachers that motivate their implementation of reform curriculum, and the factors that influence the teachers' success in implementing the curriculum are investigated. In particular, teachers' internal struggles, frustrations, collegiality, and classroom successes during the implementation of the reform…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Performance Factors
Urbanski, Monika – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
The Spring 2012 SQR: "Framing Campus Sustainability," features stories that frame the evolving concept of sustainability in higher education. Included in this issue are a snapshot of ratings-to-date, a focus on credits within the Operations (OP) category, and insights into how institutions are defining and interpreting the evolving…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Campuses, Higher Education
Hurley, Rodney G. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2009
This study used the five benchmarks from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) to form clusters of colleges within the CCSSE classification of extra-large community colleges (greater than or equal to 15,000 students). Cluster analysis produced a five-cluster solution for the 48 identified extra-large community colleges. Using…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Size, Cluster Grouping, Multivariate Analysis
Francis, Thomas E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation explored the Best Practices of Executive Coaches who coach C-Level Executives. The set of best practices developed was differentiated from best practices as applied with middle-manager executive clients. C-level executives were deemed to have a role within the organization with unusual influence and complexity and thus worthy of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Qualitative Research, Coaching (Performance), Interviews
Karmel, Tom – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
A major trend in Australia is the increasing proportion of the workforce with qualifications. By comparing the relationship between qualifications and occupations for various age cohorts we look at how this trend has changed the prospects of individuals with a particular level of qualification. We find that individuals with diplomas are…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trend Analysis
Rudner, Lawrence M.; Guo, Fanmin – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2011
This study investigates measurement decision theory (MDT) as an underlying model for computer adaptive testing when the goal is to classify examinees into one of a finite number of groups. The first analysis compares MDT with a popular item response theory model and finds little difference in terms of the percentage of correct classifications. The…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Instructional Systems, Item Response Theory, Computer Assisted Testing
Nelson, Larry J.; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Christensen, Katherine J.; Evans, Cortney A.; Carroll, Jason S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
The changing nature of the transition to adulthood in western societies, such as the United States, may be extending the length of time parents are engaged in "parenting" activities. However, little is known about different approaches parents take in their interactions with their emerging-adult children. Hence, this study attempted to…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Multivariate Analysis
Ward, Brad J. – CURRENTS, 2010
Since its launch in 2006, the social media tool Twitter has grown from a "wait-and-see" communications site to a mainstream media darling. Last year was the tipping point for this site, which is as easy to use as it is to confuse. As its popularity has grown, there has been a shift in the way Twitter is used. Early Twitter adopters would follow…
Descriptors: Organizational Communication, Audiences, Internet, Asynchronous Communication
De Luca, Barbara M.; Hinshaw, Steven A. – Educational Considerations, 2013
The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of school district expenditures in predicting student achievement in Ohio for the school year 2009-2010. Building upon the concept of the "65 percent solution," the research questions that guided this study were: (1) What percentage of Ohio's school district's operating budgets…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Predictive Validity, Expenditures
Cutajar, Mario; Bezzina, Christopher – Management in Education, 2013
In October 2005, the Maltese Government embarked on a new phase of its national educational reform, which focuses on state compulsory primary and secondary schooling. A central part of this reform was the creation of state-maintained colleges. By February 2008 all state primary and secondary schools on the Maltese Islands were clustered into ten…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, National Programs, Elementary Secondary Education