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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"High achievement"”.
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Leadership that Fosters a Culture of High Achievement of African American Students
… schools and their relationship to the culture of high student achievement of African American students. The sample included teachers and principals working in five elementary traditional theme schools with predominately African American populations in one urban school district in the Southeastern …
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Qualitative Exploration of Principal Behaviors in Elementary Schools Classified with High Climate and High Achievement
… a clear understanding of principal behaviors in high achieving/high climate elementary schools in North Georgia and the impact of these behaviors on future principal professional learning practices. This research study was conducted using a qualitative case study with a phenomenological approach. …
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A LEARNER INTERACTION STUDY OF DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENT GROUPS IN MPOCS WITH LEARNING ANALYTICS TECHNIQUES
… learners’ interaction patterns in different achievement groups through different course processes in Massive Private Online Courses (MPOCs).</p> <p>Learner interaction is the foundation of a successful online learning experience. However, the uncertainties about the temporal and sequential …
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The Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status and the Academic Achievement of Culturally Diverse Students
… shown that culturally diverse students from both high and low socioeconomic groups have continued to underperform when compared to the dominant group.</p> <p>The study focused on high achieving minority students in order to gain deeper insight of factors that lead to high academic achievement of …
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Learning from young people's lives : an exploratory study of some potentially important psycho-social factors in the lives of teenagers and young adults.
… according to their apparent levels of measurable achievement (academic, professional and extra-curricular): High-Achievement, ModerateAchievement, and Under-Achievement (Imprisonment). As part of an initial exploration, 50 HAs and 18 UAs were each interviewed for two hours; a 75 minute …
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Characteristics of Local Dual Credit Programs That Promote Sustained Enrollment and High School Achievement
… of local dual credit programs that promote high achievement and sustained enrollment. Ancillary outcomes of the study were to identify strengths and weaknesses of the programs as well as develop recommendations for the development and implementation of future dual credit programs in the …
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Learning from young people's lives: an exploratory study of some potentially important psycho-social factors in the lives of teenagers and young adults
… according to their apparent levels of measurable achievement (academic, professional and extra-curricular}: High-Achievement, Moderate-Achievement, and Under-Achievement (Imprisonment). As part of an initial exploration, 50 HAs and 18 UAs were each interviewed for two hours; a 75 minute …
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The relationship between selected student characteristics, participation in vocational education and the labor market achievement of high school graduates
… in vocational education, and the labor market achievement (job satisfactoriness, income, job satisfaction) of 1983/84 graduates of a comprehensive high school in S.W. Virginia. Data were collected from students, their academic records (transcripts and test records), the students and their …
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The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and the Academic Success of Fifth Grade Students
… The students were divided into two groups—high and low achievers based on their scores on the NYS Math and ELA tests. High achievement was defined as a score of 3 or 4 and low achievement was defined as a score of 1 or 2. Surveys were sent home to parents of these students to collect …
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A study examining the effects of athletics on females' mathematical achievement
… who actively participated in athletics and a high achievement in mathematics. A comparison of females who actively participated in athletics and females who did not actively participate in athletics was made using an independent samples t-test.</p> <p>The design for this study was the use of a …
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The Effects of Early Entrance to Kindergarten on Reading Achievement
… effects of kindergarten entrance age on reading achievement scores at the end of first and sixth grade. The subjects in. this study were one hundred nineteen first grade students and ninety sixth grade students attending classes at the Albion Central School, a small rural district located in …
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The influence of a learning strategies programme on low achieving black secondary school students' academic achievement
… Black Secondary School students' academic achievement. From the review ofliterature and the empirical study it was concluded that the effective use of learning strategies have an influence on academic achievement defined as Grade Point Average (GPA). It was also concluded that the effective …
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A Savory Stew: Text Differentiation in a Middle School Immigration Unit
… varied and plentiful texts, the expectation of high achievement for herself and students; and her effective management of the differentiated texts in the classroom. The researcher also concluded that this teacher did not have the expertise to diagnose or remediate basic reading deficits but her …
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Elementary School Enrollment Size and the Academic Success for English Language Learners in High and Low English Learner Population Schools
… not only required annual assessments to ensure high level learning but also requires annual assessments for assessing ELL language acquisition. School divisions are required to monitor and report on how many ELLs made language acquisition growth and how many successfully met English language …
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SOCIAL CONTEXT & ITS INFLUENCE ON PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL
… variations in their social context can trigger high or low achievement. In order to analyze the differing outcomes in student performance, I look at their social context on the basis of 3 contextual categories: (1) home characteristics (e.g., parent background, number of guardians, and/or …
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The relationship between NWEA scores of resident and non-resident students
… (ISD). The NWEA computer-adaptive test assessed achievement/progress in math and reading in grades 3–8. This study used pre and post assessments, once in the fall and once in the spring, to assess the level of achievement growth. Students in this study completed the math and reading portions of …
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Looking smart is not the ultimate goal: An examination of a gifted and talented science program
At Metropolitan High School (MHS) a gifted and talented science program (GTSP) operates to meet the educational needs of exceptional students. Academic achievement is dependent on many factors including cognitive ability, goal orientation, selfregulation of learning and self-efficacy. Few studies …
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Equity and what secondary science teachers bring to the classroom
… procedures, and skills targeted toward high achievement on state and district standardized tests leading toward graduation or success in college. These approaches are consistent with a view of equity that increases the participation of underrepresented groups in science based careers in …
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THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER MATHEMATICS PREPARATION ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOLS.
… group. When divided into subgroups by student achievement levels, teachers with greater amounts of preparation had a significant effect at the .05 level of confidence with high achievement students; teachers with high attitudes toward mathematics had a significant effect at the .05 level of …
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Troubling social justice in a single-sex public school : an ethnography of an emerging school culture
… when probing educational access and achievement and the development of school cultures. Moreover, principals -- their individual attributes and the cultures they create -- are key to understanding and interrogating equitable practices in schools. Findings substantiate the complex …
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