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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"academic emphasis"”.
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Organizational Climate, Teacher Beliefs, and Professional Development: An Investigation of the Relationships
… of collective efficacy, faculty trust, academic emphasis, enabling bureaucracy, and mindfulness as antecedents for implemented professional development. Researchers previously combined collective efficacy, faculty trust, and academic emphasis into academic optimism. Using Conscious …
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A Study of the Relationship Between School Climate and Student Performance on the Virginia Standards Of Learning Tests in Elementary Schools
… Resource Influence, Institutional Integrity, and Academic Emphasis. Third and fifth grade Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) tests were the measure of student achievement in English. mathematics, science, and social studies. This study also examined the effects of socioeconomic status as …
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The relations among school status variables, teacher academic and arts curricular emphases, and student academic achievement in grades 1, 3, and 5
… data were used to explore the curricular emphasis in schools of varying socioeconomic status in both public and private schools. Data collected between 1998 and 2003 were used in the secondary analyses of curricular emphasis in nine curriculum areas identified in the Teacher Questionnaire …
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The Impact Of Academic Optimism On Student Achievement In Five Middle Schools
… question: To what extent do the measures of academic optimism predict academic achievement? The study was conducted in two suburban, adjacent school districts with 102 middle school teachers from five middle schools participating. </p> <p>A non-experimental, multiple regression research …
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Examining the Relationship Between Academic Optimism and Successful School Leadership in Title I Public Schools in Rural South Alabama
… between successful school leadership and academic optimism, a top predictor of student achievement, in rural Title I public schools in South Alabama. Researchers analyze the construct of academic optimism which includes academic emphasis, collective efficacy and faculty trust. The research …
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An Exploratory Study of the Academic Optimism of Principals
Academic optimism of the principal is a construct comprised of trust in teachers, self-efficacy of the principal, and principal’s academic emphasis. Academic optimism has been demonstrated at both the organizational and teacher levels, but research concerning principal’s academic optimism is only …
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The relationship of enabling school structure, academic optimism, school disciplinary climate and pupil control ideology with school discipline rates
… relationship between enabling school structure, academic optimism, pupil control ideology, and school disciplinary climate with school disciplinary rate was quantitatively investigated in my dissertation. A total of 72 schools located throughout northern and central Alabama were surveyed using …
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Academic optimism and organizational climate: an elementary school effectiveness test of two measures
… the relationship of two climate constructs in academic optimism and organizational climate as each relates to school effectiveness. Academic optimism is an academic environment comprised of three dimensions: academic emphasis, collective efficacy, and faculty trust (Hoy, Tarter, & Hoy, 2006). …
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The Influence of School Climate on Secondary Schools’ Performance in Mvomero District, Morogoro, Tanzania
… influence between school climate and students’ academic achievement. The study employed quantitative approach within ex post facto research design using three climate questionnaires for secondary schools. A random sample of 160 teachers was drawn, however, only 74 teachers responded to the …
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Augustine against the academic doctrine, way of life, and use of philosophical writing.
The recent literature on Augustine's Contra Academicos stresses the philosophical, ethical, and literary elements of the text. However, these works neglect the polemical role of the dialogue as a response to Cicero's Academic Skepticism. I offer a reading of the first of Augustine's Cassiciacum …
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Crossing Jordan: An exploration of academic optimism in the schooling experiences of low-income African American female students and their perceptions of their academic lives
… dissertation study explored the construct of academic optimism and its manifestation in the schooling lives of low-income, African American females who have obtained post-secondary educational status. The study also examined the facilitators and barriers the participants have encountered on …
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Exploratory Factor Analysis: The Significance of Trust in a Revised Principal Academic Optimism Scale
Principal Academic Optimism is an hypothesized latent construct that has strong theoretical foundations in both educational research and educational psychology. Academic Optimism derives from research on school academic optimism and teacher academic optimism, which originated via Hoys, Tarters, and …
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Academic optimism in middle schools: a study of factors that appear to contribute to its development
The need to increase student academic achievement has been established and well-documented in the literature. With a heightened focus on accountability measures, school personnel are under significant pressure to find ways to increase student achievement. Research suggests that academic emphasis, …
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School Choice: Perceptions of Magnet Schools and Charter School Principals and Parents in Georgia
… were most interested in factors such as strong academic emphasis, safety, the school's discipline policy, and the school's emphasis on values education. The study found that administrators had a good understanding of the factors parents were looking for in a school. Parents utilized personal …
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Academic Optimism of Schools and Student Achievement
… and Hoy (2006) suggested that high levels of Academic OptimismAO (including collective teacher efficacy-CTE, faculty trust in parents and students-FT, and academic emphasis-AE), when controlling for SES, is a strong force in predicting academic achievement. This study attempted to support …
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Stories of the Sky
… between nature and culture and the previous academic emphasis on culture over nature. This perspective allows for the exploration and appreciation of the sky’s cultural, emotional, and historical values which are just as important, if not more so, than any other conventional media, resonating …
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Parents' perception of school effectiveness in a Canadian and Ukrainian school : a comparative study
… and purpose, leadership, a positive climate, academic emphasis,professional community, instructional expectations, feedback, parental involvement, student involvement, and physical environment and resources.Additional themes related to school effectiveness were identified by the participating …
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Examining the interaction of academic optimism, enabling school structures, middle level practices, and academic achievement
… structures that assist students in achieving academically. Results were examined through the lens of Bandura’s social cognitive theory, and a big picture view of the interplay of beliefs, behavior, and environmental influences emerged. The study examined three ideas: (a) the level of academic …