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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Socioeconomic Background"”.
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The influence of perceived employment opportunities on educational performance in Appalachia
… behavior by analyzing the influence of socioeconomic background, and parental attitudes and values, on the attitudes and values of their children. The findings indicate that socioeconomic background, and parental and community influences have a significant impact on educational behavior …
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The Effect of Early Abuse and Neglect on Academic Achievement
… The students were matched on sex, age, socioeconomic background, and I.Q. scores. Scores were compared to evaluate possible differences caused by abuse or neglect. The scores of the two groups were taken from the permanent records of each student using a coding system to assure …
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Learning for all
… learned material without considering their socioeconomic background. Through social interaction and technology, the intern provided an environment of equal learning between both groups. Through a case study, both third grade groups identified one's academic, cultural, economic, and …
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Looking at schools through a professional learning community lens : a comparison of leadership and management practices at two secondary schools
… schools. The schools are similar with regard to socioeconomic background but different with regard to learner achievement in grade twelve science examination results. I identify the extent to which leadership and management practices nurture the development of a Professional Learning Community …
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The relationship between socioeconomic status and competitive sport anxiety in youth
… was to evaluate the relationship between socioeconomic status and competitive sport anxiety in youth athletes. The Multidimensional Anxiety Theory served as the conceptual framework for this study. Participants included 62 youth athletes from an affluent and a middle class socioeconomic …
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An Analysis Of Teacher Distribution Across Districts And Schools In The Detroit Metropolitan Area
… than ever before, especially in front of the background of our globalized, competitive world. Past and current research has supported the hypothesis that the teacher is the most important ingredient in the educational process. As the Detroit metropolitan area, consisting of the three counties …
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How Character Education and Conflict Resolution Strategies Foster a Positive Learning Environment
… and thirteen boys, from a diverse population and socioeconomic background in a San Francisco, Bay Area school. Assessments of the program was made through teacher journal entries, student journals and essays, educational contracts, parent surveys, student surveys, parent and faculty memos. The …
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Pleural effusion and human immunodefeciency virus infection in adult Zambians : a clinical and laboratory study
… between both sexes. They all had a poor socioeconomic background coming from crowded highdensity residential areas. No history of tuberculosis contact was available in 61/80 (76.25%) patients suggesting endogenous reactivation of dormant infection in these cases. Lympadenopathy, nail …
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Political culture and water politics in Nevada: Las Vegas attempts to quench its thirsts
… Additionally, the impact of factors such as socioeconomic/background characteristics, value orientations, and residency factors, which may affect support for particular water policies, is examined.
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Relationships Between Central Auditory Function and Learning Disabilities
… (control). The groups were matched for age, sex, socioeconomic background, and IQ. None of the subjects had a peripheral auditory impairment.</p> <p>Experimental and control groups differed significantly on the corrected left SSW ear scores at the 0.03 level, the corrected total SSW scores at the …
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A. B.A.L.A.N.C.E.: A Well-Being Research Study
… age, learning ability, ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic background.</p>
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Airway dimensions in the sudden infant death syndrome
… Ethnicity, low birth weight, short gestation, socioeconomic background, excessive clothing and bedding, reduced amount of breast feeding, a prone sleeping position, co-sleeping, a winter peak, maternal use of narcotics maternal cigarette smoking have all been associated with an increased risk …
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Impact of a Teacher Training Program to Increase Informative Praise and Decrease Commands and Negative Comments
… has found that many children who come from a low socioeconomic background often begin their schooling careers behind most students. Head Start programs around the nation are utilized to close the gap in achievement, by providing those students with the educational support necessary to prepare them …
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The Relationship Between School Climate and Student Achievement at the Elementary School Level
… is the relationship between school and student socioeconomic status (Sirin, 2005). According to Bryk and Schneider (2003), if schools create positive learning environments, students will achieve at a higher level than what their socioeconomic background would otherwise predict. The purpose of …
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The Perceptions of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teachers on the Influence of CTE on Student Engagement
… urban, suburban, or rural, and regardless of socioeconomic background. Students enter Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for a multitude of reasons and CTE programs offer unique support for student success by increasing student engagement. This study will focus on CTE teachers' …
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An Investigation of the Effect of Geographical Location of Schools to the Students’ Academic Performance: A Case of Public Secondary Schools in Muleba District
… influence, family factor, school factor, parents socioeconomic background, school culture and learning facilities. Findings revealed that long distance that students moved from home to schools influences; dropout, absentees, early pregnancies which also affected students‟ academic performances. …
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Efeitos do programa Pé-de-Meia no ensino médio das escolas públicas brasileiras
… includes information on program participation, socioeconomic background, perceptions of school, and attendance indicators. The empirical strategy employs the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method to estimate the Average Treatment Effect on the Treated (ATT), accounting for data constraints and …
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Racial Identity and Belonging Among Asian American Undergraduate Students in the Midwest
… aspects of their identities, including socioeconomic background, ethnicity, political beliefs, religion, queerness, or rural upbringing. The study documents the complexity of this identity formation and how hierarchical and competitive social, academic, and institutional factors created …
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The rising schooling costs and rate of absenteeism and dropout among ward secondary school students in Morogoro Urban District
… students quit schooling due to their poor family socioeconomic background. The study recommends to government to eliminate all unnecessary schooling costs so as to ensure maximum students’ accessibility and completion rates at secondary level of education especially to students from poor families.
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An investigation of how English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) is shaped by policy, teachers and learners
… emerging, resulting in a greater diversity of socioeconomic background, educational experience and age of migrants settling in the UK (Vertovec, 2009). This thesis investigates the discursive relationships between policy, teaching and learning in the field of ESOL. Drawing on post-structural …
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