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Showing 1 to 20 of 118 for “"Disadvantaged Students"”.
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From Poverty to Purpose: Equalizing Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Students
… gaps for low socioeconomic status and at-risk students throughout the history of education. In 2022, poverty rates were higher than the national average (16.3 percent) for the children who were American Indian/Alaska Native (32 percent), Black/African American (31 percent), and Hispanic (23 …
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Higher-Order Thinking Question Affecting Economically Disadvantaged Students’ Reading Achievement
… school children, in particular, our economically disadvantaged students (Clark & Akerman, 2006). In a continued effort to decrease the gap between the high-poverty and low-poverty students’ reading scores, this study examined the effect of third-grade and fifth-grade teachers’ use of higher-order …
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Disadvantaged students' academic performance: analysing the zone of proximal development
… Zone of Proximal Development to the selection of disadvantaged students in higher education. There is a need in post-apartheid South Africa, with its legacy of inequality in educational experiences, to find accurate and fair predictors of academic performance that would act as alternatives to …
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Empowering disadvantaged students to perform better at a tertiary institution : an assessment
… great extent. More than ever the number of black students seeking tertiary education at UCT has increased. The majority of this student population's academic experience has been in schools run by the former Department of Education and Training (DET). Many of the black students from such …
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Non-profit Organization as a Solution to Under-Identification of Gifted Disadvantaged Students
<p>A large number of Hispanic bilingual gifted students go unrecognized by school districts in our country. These are students who are labeled “at risk” by the school system, yet possess high academic and creative potential. This paper will identify current and past definitions of giftedness and …
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Collateral Damage? The Layering of Exclusion of Disadvantaged Students in England's Secondary Schools
The disproportionately poorer outcomes of disadvantaged students compared to their more advantaged peers have long been of concern to those in and around the education system. Schools encounter students who bring with them their internalised socio-economic experiences which, in turn, contribute to …
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Dropout prevention services offered to at-risk, disadvantaged students by vocational and school counselors
… when dealing with the problems of at-risk, disadvantaged youth can be directly attributed to the counselor's knowledge of a students relationship with academics and the school environment. Data were gathered by means of a questionnaire which was developed and mailed to randomly selected …
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Causal Comparative Study: The Effect of School Scheduling and Academic Outcomes of Economically Disadvantaged Students
… scheduling, and the effect on economically disadvantaged student achievement on the English I and Algebra I End-of-Course STAAR state-mandated exam, from 2015-2018. In response to studies illuminating the achievement gap, educational leaders in Texas implemented block scheduling in order to …
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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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Effectiveness of Pre-Baccalaureate Health Careers Opportunity Programs (HCOP) for Disadvantaged Students in Three Southern States.
… When compared with institutional data, HCOP students had a higher GPA than the regular first-year college students at the specific institutions. The average ACT scores were similar for the HCOP and regular students taking into account the standard error of measurement.</p><p>Ninety-three …
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A Study of the Effect of Objective Student Information on Teacher Perception of Culturally Disadvantaged Students
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6812222.pdf: 5343770 bytes, checksum: 29f18d774dd2d0ab3b7780b5e18d2191 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1968
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Culture Change in the English Classroom: An Anthropological Approach to the Education of Culturally Disadvantaged Students
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6706606.pdf: 12706311 bytes, checksum: 5fb568a3e9ff11292c0e08e26fcc2dbf (MD5) Previous issue date: 1966
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The Outcomes of an Innovative Hybrid Pre-dental Admission Enhancement Program among Underrepresented Minority and Disadvantaged Students
… and satisfaction among underrepresented and/or disadvantaged students at the University of Missouri, School of Dentistry (UMKC SOD). Additionally, data from 48 students who completed the AEP from years 2011-2014 were evaluated regarding their experience participating in the AEP. The program’s …
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K-12 Economically Disadvantaged Students, Poverty, and Education: Ecological Narratives of Successful Raised-In-Poverty, Texas Educators
… the educational experience of economically disadvantaged students. This study utilized a structural ecological theory and three theories of social relationships (Social Identity, Standpoint, and Cultural Capital). This phenomenological and qualitative study used a cross-sectional, …
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Implication of Differences in Academic Achievement of Economically Disadvantaged Students on School Improvement Planning for Educational Leaders
Third grade reading level has been found to be a predictor of both eighth and ninth grade reading level as well as graduation and college attendance (Lesnick, Goerge, Smithgall, & Gwynne 2010). This qualitative study explored how the perspectives on improving reading achievement from parents, …
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The Association between Type of Preschool Experience and Student Achievement of Economically Disadvantaged Students in Four Northeast Tennessee Schools.
… in northeast Tennessee with at least 80% of its students receiving free or reduced lunch. The variable under study was the presence and type of preschool experience.</p><p>Descriptive statistics were employed to present school demographic data. A causal comparative approach utilizing convenience …
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Technologically disadvantaged students’ perceptions of blended learning in a higher education institution : the case of students at Walter Sisulu University
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Masters of Accounting, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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A Qualitative Assessment of the Perceptions of Teachers Concerning How Economically Disadvantaged Students at White Pine School Are Being Served
… to assess teacher perception of how economically disadvantaged students at White Pine School were being served. The results of this study may help educators at White Pine School determine how to support and improve learning conditions for economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>Data collection …
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An investigation of the relationship between Michigan Department of Education school achievement rankings and school's percentage of economically disadvantaged students
… to the school’s percentage of economically disadvantaged students as measured by the percentage of free and reduced-price lunch. In addition, finding that a correlation exists, the study sought to identify an alternate method of reporting school effectiveness, taking into consideration the …
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An exploratory study of predictive relationships between personality characteristics of teachers of disadvantaged students and principals' ratings of teacher effectiveness
… and years of teaching experience of teachers of disadvantaged youth and principals' ratings of the teachers' effectiveness. Personality characteristics were also correlated with the environmental location of the teacher's current teaching assignment to determine if personality was a factor in …
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