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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"NELS"”.
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Utilizing Multidimensional Item Response Theory to Examine Social Capital
… of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) Database. The psychometric properties and dimensionality of the scale are evaluated with MIRT framework. Using the sample of grade eight students from NELS:88 (N = 27,394), the two-factor structure of the SCRS (factor 1: within-family …
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TRANSFER RATES AND BACCALAUREATE ATTAINMENT: TWO-YEAR VERSUS HYBRID COLLEGES
… and the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) of 1988 (NCES, 2008b) and data was collected from 60 hybrid or treatment colleges and 469 two-year or control colleges where students had begun their postsecondary education. The treatment groups consisted of 149 students from the BPS dataset …
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Direct and indirect influences of school learning on Hispanic-American eighth grade students' academic achievement
… National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) was used to test the model. NELS:88 is a large, nationally representative survey of eighth graders developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Results indicate that the achievement of Hispanic-American students was …
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The Impact of Student Performance on Large-Scale Assessments: A View of Long-Term Health, Career, and Societal Outcomes
… involvement. Analysis was conducted using the NELS:88/00 dataset–a longitudinal study that followed a nationally-representative sample of over 12,000 eighth grade students from 1988 to 2000, until the students were 26 years old and entered into the work force. The large-scale assessment …
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IS THERE AN OPTIMAL LEVEL OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN ADOLESCENTS' ACADEMIC LIVES?
… involvement variables from the first phase of NELS:88 were factor-analyzed to create ten parent involvement composites, whose relationship to achievement, autonomy, and locus of control was assessed using planned, step-wise multiple regression analyses. The three outcome variables were measured …
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Long-term Benefits of Extracurricular Activities on Socioeconomic Outcomes and Their Trends in 1988-2012
… National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88) and the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002), served as data sources. As these surveys were conducted about a decade apart, the information they yielded was suitable for meeting the study aims. Generalized linear models, such …
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Seven methods of handling missing data using samples from a national data base
… National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS-88). Methods evaluated were listwise deletion, pairwise deletion, mean substitution, Buck's procedure, mean regression, one iteration regression, and iterative regression. Factors controlled were number of variables (4 and 8), average …
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SOCIAL CONTEXT & ITS INFLUENCE ON PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL
… on a set of responses selected directly from the NELS dataset. Analysis A comparison, of measures of home, school, behavior descriptive and correlations. I will also use a binary logistic regression model to Discussion A review of the finding from the NELS dataset. Conclusion Po10tial …
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Psychosocial Effects on Academic Performance
… from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS). Results showed positive associations between Parental Involvement and Family Resources on Homework, which also had a positive association with Academic Performance; Family Rules had a negative association with Homework, which resulted in a …
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Paradigm Shift in African American Funeral Customs: Looking through the Lens of Oral History and Consumer Culture
… at the same rates as women. This study uses the NELS Database to analyze the factors that contribute to the degree attainment of men. The research used a logit model to determine the probability for the significant factors.
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Contributing Factors to the Bachelor's Degree Attainment of Males in the United States
… at the same rates as women. This study uses the NELS Database to analyze the factors that contribute to the degree attainment of men. The research used a logit model to determine the probability for the significant factors.
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Race relations in schools: The effects of competition and hierarchy on education, sports participation, and standardized test scores
… Longitudinal and Educational Study of 1988 (NELS: 88) and multilevel model statistical procedures, support for both theories is found. I conclude that race relations in schools impact student's cultural activities and test scores.
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Black and White Adolescents' Aspirations and Achievement in Mathematics: A Regional Comparison
… The National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS: 88) database and its 1990 and 1992 follow-ups were used to answer questions and test hypotheses about these differences. The NELS: 88 database is comprised of data initially collected on almost 25,000 eighth graders and over 22,000 parents …
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The Effects of Concerted Cultivation on Academic Achievement
… Using the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) of 1988, the current study tests the theoretical validity of concerted cultivation. Results show that concerted cultivation significantly predicts both student GPA and standardized test scores. Amongst the elements of concerted cultivation, …
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The Role of Identifications in Higher Education Decisions
… representative datasets (Next Steps and NELS:88) and latent class analysis (LCA) to identify different classes of ‘qualified’ students who self-selected not to pursue HE: Work-Oriented Voluntary Leavers (WOVLs), HE Deniers, the ‘Uncertain group’ and the ‘Multiple Obstacles group’ in Next …
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Investigating the Impact of Financial Aid on Four-year College Enrollment among College-Qualified Students
… from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88/2000) to investigate how financial aid influence four year college enrollment among academically qualified students. This study also examined if this relationship varied across students with different social background. The findings …
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The Effects of Cumulative Social Capital on Job Outcomes of College Graduates
… used the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) to examine whether early investment in the social capital of young adolescents produced better job outcomes in their adulthood. Families and schools were two primary sources of social capital considered in the current study. Parental …
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Personal and Social Factors That Influence Advanced Course-Taking during High School
… National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88), using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that parental involvement was much more important than peer influence for students' educational aspirations, and in turn, for their advanced level mathematics course-taking. Parental …
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Direct and indirect effects of school learning variables on black 10th graders' academic achievement
… Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 or NELS:88) were employed to test the model. The 1,766 Black students participating in the study in both 1988 and 1990 formed the sample. Following a test of the overall model using a program of linear structural relations (LISREL), developed by …
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Teaching altruism: essays examining the impact of education on volunteerism among young adults
… a comparison group of students from the earlier NELS: 88 cohort who are attending schools with similar characteristics as the schools with mandatory service programs in the later ELS cohort but have not adopted such a policy. The results from incorporating this new comparison group into a …
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