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LeeLee : an attention visualisation analysis while reading academically
… of this thesis is that attention while reading academically can be decoded and analysed through visualisations, thus revealing patterns of fixations, saccades, and cognitive engagement levels that inform strategies to enhance focus and efficiency. The key results show that both Eye-tracking and …
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Creativity in the Journal Writings of Academically Able Students
… components in the cumulative writing samples of academically able students. Twenty-four fourth and fifth grade students who had written over either one or-two year time-spans participated in the study. Use of a researcher-designed instrument determined individual use and development, as well as …
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What Academically At Risk Students Need from a Summer Transition Program
The topic of school transitions and school transition programs were examined and reported on. At risk students transitioning from 8th to 9th grade were identified and completed a self reporting survey of 14 questions regarding what they have as academic, social/emotional, and programmatic needs. …
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Advising the academically underprepared first-year community college student athlete for transferability
… are the students who are deemed to be of "academically underprepared" status. The process of taking remedial courses and graduating from a community college combined with meeting the demands of the new NCAA transfer guidelines needs to actively involve the academic advisor. Some first-year …
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An Analysis of the Argumentative Writing Skills of Academically Underprepared College Students
The present study was conducted to extend what is known about the writing skills of low achieving postsecondary students. Using an archival data set, a sample of argumentative essays written by community college developmental (remedial) education students was analyzed. Scoring procedures for …
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Academically gifted adolescents transferring to an independent gifted school: Effects on academic identity
<p>Four gifted adolescents (2 males and 2 females) explore experiences transferring from multilevel schools to an independent gifted school from low- and high-income school districts in this phenomenological study. Semi-structured interviews inform this study demonstrating how changes in school …
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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of WRAML Scores in a Group of Academically Talented Students
… the WRAML and subtests from the DAT. Sixty-four academically talented adolescents completed the WRAML and the mechanical reasoning and spatial relations subtests from the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT). The confirmatory factor analysis found the data obtained to not be a good fit for the factor …
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An Exploration of Supportive Relationships in the Lives of Academically Successful Individuals with Autism
This study explored 17 dyads of academically successful people with autism and individuals whom they identified as supportive. Four research questions guided this study: 1) How do individuals with autism and the people who support them describe their relationship? Specifically, how was the …
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Effects of peer mentoring on the achievement and persistence of academically underprepared college freshmen
… the achievement and persistence of entry-level academically underprepared college students.</p> <p>PROCEDURE: Subjects were freshmen at Bemidji State University during the fall terms of 1985 and 1986 who were assigned to remedial/developmental English because of low placement test scores. An …
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Building innovation-based entrepreneurial communities : an assessment of practitioners' interactions with academically driven curriculum
A growing interest in innovation-based entrepreneurship has surfaced in much of world, producing a large body of related research and capturing the attention of those aiming to direct and improve the economic impact of "practitioners'" home regions. With growing research and limited examples of …
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Academically Resilient Elementary Students in one Virginia school division: Identifying and Exploring Protective Factors
… the common protective factors among the academically resilient elementary students, school leaders and educators can implement practices that foster a learning climate that cultivates and supports resilience in students who are at risk of academic failure. A qualitative approach was used …
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Factors Influencing College Readiness: Supports and Barriers Experienced by Academically Resilient First-Generation Hispanic Males
<p>This qualitative multiple-case study explored the supports and barriers experienced by nine first-generation Hispanic male high school students who met the college entrance requirements for the University of California and California State University systems. Research indicates that Hispanic …
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Using Behavior BINGO to Increase Academically Engaged Behavior in a General Education Elementary School Population
… its infancy, and its effectiveness on increasing academically engaged behaviors and decreasing disruptive behaviors on a classwide basis. This study utilized a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design in three 2<sup>nd</sup> grade, general education classrooms in a public school.</p>
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Persistence and change in major field of academically proficient engineering students at three midwestern universities
Thesis (Ed. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Counseling, Personnel Services, and Educational Psychology, 1966
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Community College Faculty Perceptions of Academically Disadvantaged Students and Factors Related to the Perceptions Held
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:45:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7219838.pdf: 7867206 bytes, checksum: 430d0f52e5a42f41855cbc4754d653d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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The relationship between sex-role stereotyping and the mathematic achievement of academically-talented tenth grade females
… stereotyping and the mathematic achievement of academicallytalented tenth grade females. The sample was drawn from two middle schools and one high school in the Lake Central School Corporation, St. John, Indiana. The sample included students in grades six and ten. The sixth grade sample was used …
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Predicting the STEM Outcomes of Academically Qualified Women: A Longitudinal Examination of Social Cognitive Career Theory
There is a well-documented gender disparity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, which has been the focus of research for several decades (i.e., Betz & Hackett, 1981; Ceci & Williams, 2009, 2010; Wang, Eccles, & Kenny, 2013). Questions as to why this is the case are …
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