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Anders, Jake; Henderson, Morag; Moulton, Vanessa; Sullivan, Alice – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
The subjects that young people study from age 14 onwards may have important consequences for their future academic and labour market outcomes. These decisions are shaped by the schools in which they find themselves. Schools also face constraints of their own. This paper explores the extent to which individuals' decisions are affected by the school…
Descriptors: School Role, Academic Advising, School Statistics, Student Records
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Atadero, Rebecca A.; Paguyo, Christina H.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Henderson, Heather L. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Ongoing efforts to broaden the participation of women and people of colour in engineering degree programmes and careers have had limited success. This paper describes a different approach to broadening participation that seeks to work with all students and develop inclusive engineering identities. Researchers worked with the instructors of two…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, College Freshmen, Disproportionate Representation
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Hochweber, Jan; Vieluf, Svenja – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The authors examined the extent to which classroom-specific relationships between students' gender and their reading achievement and enjoyment of reading are associated with student-perceived teaching quality. Based on a sample of 10,543 ninth-grade students from 427 classrooms, multilevel analyses revealed that effective classroom management,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Achievement, Literature Appreciation, Teacher Effectiveness
Yang, Chunyan; Bear, George G.; May, Henry – School Psychology Review, 2018
The concurrent associations between students' perceptions of cognitive-behavioral and emotional engagement in schools and three factors aligning with the major aims of the school-wide social-emotional learning (SEL) approach (i.e., teacher-student relationships, student-student relationships, and teaching of social and emotional competencies) were…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
Ewing, Maureen; Jagesic, Sanja; Wyatt, Jeff – College Board, 2018
Students who double major have higher earnings and are more satisfied with their educational experience in college than those who graduate with a single major. In this study, the authors examine the extent to which a student's experience with academic acceleration programs in high school, specifically successful participation in the Advanced…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Scores
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Rosário, Pedro; Högemann, Julia; Núñez, José Carlos; Vallejo, Guillermo; Cunha, Jennifer; Oliveira, Vera; Fuentes, Sonia; Rodrigues, Celestino – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Students' writing problems are a global educational concern and is in need of particular attention. This study aims to examine the impact of providing extra writing opportunities (i.e., writing journals) on the quality of writing compositions. A longitudinal cluster-randomized controlled design using a multilevel modeling analysis with 182 fourth…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Self Efficacy, Journal Writing
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Roosmaa, Eve-Liis; Saar, Ellu – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
This article explores cross-national differences in the intensity of perceived barriers to adult learning in Europe focusing on the barriers recognised by those not participating and having no intention to do so. This relatively large subgroup has received scant scholarly attention, yet exploring their participation barriers is critical for…
Descriptors: Barriers, Cross Cultural Studies, Adult Education, Participation
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Gregus, Samantha J.; Hernandez Rodriguez, Juventino; Pastrana, Freddie A.; Craig, James T.; McQuillin, Samuel D.; Cavell, Timothy A. – School Psychology Review, 2017
Teachers are key players in efforts to address school bullying and peer victimization. Recent studies found that teachers' responses to peer victimization can vary based on their beliefs and attitudes. We examined relations among teacher self-efficacy, teachers' intentions to use recommended antibullying practices, and peer victimization as rated…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Bullying, Intervention, Teacher Attitudes
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Metzger, Isha W.; Blevins, Claire; Calhoun, Casey D.; Ritchwood, Tiarney D.; Gilmore, Amanda K.; Stewart, Regan; Bountress, Kaitlin E. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: Examine the impact of maladaptive coping style on the association between source of stress (academic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, environmental) and alcohol use (consumption, heavy episodic drinking, driving under the influence) among college students. Participants: 1,027 college students completed an online survey in April 2014.…
Descriptors: Coping, Adjustment (to Environment), Stress Management, Stress Variables
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Timmermans, Anneke C.; Kuyper, Hans; Werf, Greetje – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Background: In several tracked educational systems, realizing optimal placements in classes in the first year of secondary education depends on the accuracy of teacher expectations. Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate between-teacher differences in their expectations regarding the academic aptitude of their students. Sample: The sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Expectations of Students, Accuracy, Bias
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Naveh, Eitan; Katz-Navon, Tal; Stern, Zvi – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
Resident physicians' clinical training poses unique challenges for the delivery of safe patient care. Residents face special risks of involvement in medical errors since they have tremendous responsibility for patient care, yet they are novice practitioners in the process of learning and mastering their profession. The present study explores…
Descriptors: Physicians, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Error Patterns
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Ravand, Hamdollah – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2015
Multilevel models (MLMs) are flexible in that they can be employed to obtain item and person parameters, test for differential item functioning (DIF) and capture both local item and person dependence. Papers on the MLM analysis of item response data have focused mostly on theoretical issues where applications have been add-ons to simulation…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Educational Testing, Reading Comprehension
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Fulmer, Gavin W.; Lee, Iris C. H.; Tan, Kelvin H. K. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2015
We present a multi-level model of contextual factors that may influence teachers' assessment practices, and use this model in a selected review of existing literature on teachers' assessment knowledge, views and conceptions with respect to these contextual factors. Adapting Kozma's model, we distinguish three levels of influence on teachers'…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Context Effect, Student Evaluation, Educational Practices
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Brandenberger, Jay W.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2015
Ethical growth and prosocial development are increasingly salient learning outcomes in higher education. Previous research has shown that the traditional college years facilitate moral development, especially with respect to moral reasoning. This research examined the impact of college experiences on students' sense of active responsibility for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Prosocial Behavior, Moral Development, Higher Education
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Setoh, Peipei; Qin, Lili; Zhang, Xin; Pomerantz, Eva M. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
This research examined how children's inclusion of social personal attributes (e.g., talkative and argumentative) in their views of themselves changes over early adolescence in the United States and China. In 2 studies (N = 825 in Study 1 and 394 in Study 2) using open-ended methods (e.g., completion of "I ... " stems), American and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Individual Characteristics
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