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Linking Developmental Working Memory and Early Academic Skills
… Current research has examined working memory skills in relationship to early learning. The function of working memory is best examined in the context of childhood developmental theory using the framework of Baddeley and Hitch's model. Understanding developmental working memory components in …
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Teaching Academic Skills to Chinese Undergraduate Students in U.S. Academic Institutions
… in the American classroom through guidance on academic skills. To achieve this goal, a series of situationally-based curriculum modules about different academic skills are developed as the central part of this project. This curriculum is designed not only for Chinese undergraduate students, but …
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An Analysis of Academic Peer Leaders' Perceptions of Academic Skills and Performance
<p>This research study explored academic peer leadership in the context of higher education and student affairs. In this study, a peer leader was considered to be "an undergraduate student who has been selected to serve as a mentor or peer educator to other students through a position with a …
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Retention of Academic Skills Over the Summer Months in Alternative and Traditional Calendar Schools
… summer vacation is the greater retention of academic material because there is less time to "forget" what was learned. While alternative calendar schools appear to be increasing in number, little research has been conducted to actually measure academic differences in these schools. The …
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Predicting student performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Exit Level Exam: Predictor modeling through logistic regression.
… of a "high stakes" test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Exit Level Exam. Prediction algorithms for the mathematics, reading, and writing portions of the test were formulated using SPSS® statistical software. Student data available on all 440 students were input to logistic regression to …
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The Relationship Between Career and Technical Education and Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and Other Academic Excellence Indicators
… Career and Technical Education (CATE) and the Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS), the measure of school and learner success in Texas. CATE, an established program, traditionally encourages student achievement and perpetuates best educational practices. AEIS data was collected by the …
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PARENTAL WARMTH AND PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS WITH CHILDREN’S SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
… and preschool-aged children’s social and academic skills in families in the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The sample consisted of 191 mothers and 179 fathers, and their preschool-aged children from four diverse ethnic and socioeconomic communities. Mothers and …
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A Study Of Correlations Between Learning Styles Of Students And Their Mathematics Scores On The Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Test
… achievement scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Test. The research questions addressed relevant to this study were: 1. Is there a positive correlation between students' learning styles and their achievement test scores in mathematics? 2. Is there a positive correlation between …
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Promoting the integration of vocational and academic skills using the principles of the Let Me Learn model: a case study of transformational leadership
… Let Me Learn Model (TM) and the Integration of Academic and Vocational Skills Model IV were implemented at the Cumberland County Technical School in New Jersey. The purposes of the study were (a) to introduce and enhance the teachers' knowledge about the two educational models (b) to assist …
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A Functional Analysis of the Effects of the Induction of Naming and Observing Teacher-Modeling on Accelerated Learning of Academic Skills for Children with Autism
I tested the effects of the absence and presence of Naming on rate of learning when teacher modeling was part of an instructional procedure. A time-lagged multiple probe design across matched pairs of participants was implemented. Eight elementary aged children with autism, ranging in age from 4 to …
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Early antecedents of academic and psychosocial outcomes for students identifying as LGBQ
… and psychosocial outcomes (e.g., mental health, academic skills, and peer victimization). We also investigated the role that changes in the quality of peer and parental relationships from age 11 to 15 have in psychosocial outcomes, especially for students identifying as LGBQ. The findings suggest …
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Kindergarten Teachers' Classroom Management Beliefs and Practices and Their Implications on Students' Social and Academic Outcomes
… management styles impacted students' social and academic skills. The study investigated the proportion of classroom management styles of VAECE educators using an online questionnaire and used a case study approach with nine kindergarten teachers to better understand the teachers' classroom …
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An In-Depth Analysis of Students' Academic Retention Abilities in Traditional and Alternative Calendar Schools
… today. The need to help students retain more academic skills after summer vacation is one reason school districts are considering alternative calendars. A recent study by Nofsinger (1999) of elementary students used Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes to measure academic skills in the …
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Understanding the need to transition high school students from school to work
… New Jersey area asking about the importance of skills taught in high schools. Southern New Jersey is comprised of rural and suburban communities. The most widespread industries in Southern New Jersey are construction and hospitality/gaming. The survey asked questions about the importance of …
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The Use of Oral Communications Courses in High School to Increase Skills in Language Arts
… and English test scores (TASK= Stanford Test of Academic Skills) between those high schoo1 students who take oral communications courses and those who do not take such courses.</p> <p>This study used a sample of 40 students enrolled in oral communications courses from three randomly selected high …
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A qualitative case study assessing student transition from McKinney High School to college.
… task of ensuring that students develop critical academic skills before graduation. Upon completing high school, many students will pursue a college degree. When considering education beyond high school, it is imperative that every student who graduates from high school has developed the …
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Using self-regulation to improve academic outcomes of middle school students with behavioral disabilities
… use of self-regulation techniques to improve the academic skills of language arts and mathematics for students with behavioral disabilities attending middle school. Self-regulation techniques were presented in a self-contained class during presentation of reading, writing and mathematics …
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Transdiagnostic Approaches to Neurodevelopment
… relates to socio-emotional functioning, academic skills, and neural white matter organisation (Chapter II). The third study compared the pattern of interrelationships between cognitive and academic skills observed in this cohort to those found in a community sample (Chapter III). …
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Factors associated with work attitudes and work behaviors of secondary agricultural education students in selected counties in Virginia
… to employers, even exceeding their concern about academic skills students bring to the work environment. Little consistency is found in the research about the relationships of various factors to work attitudes and work behaviors of agricUltural education students. The primary purpose of this study …
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