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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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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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Revealing Academic Optimism in a High Achieving Middle School: A Case Study
… high achieving middle school staff demonstrated Academic Optimism as measured by the School Academic Optimism Scale (SAOS) and the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (Revised) for middle schools. Twenty-seven teachers from a chosen middle school participated in the study. …
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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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Academic optimism and organizational climate as predictors of academic achievement and school effectiveness
… the relationship of organizational climate and academic optimism as predictors of student achievement and school effectiveness was conducted. De-identified secondary data from 67 elementary schools in the Northern portion of Alabama were used. The instrumentation for this study included School …
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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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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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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 …
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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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An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Academic Optimism and Teacher Flow At the Secondary School Level
… to improved teaching experiences and increased academic achievement in schools: academic optimism and teacher flow. While both concepts have been studied at length, there has been only one study to date that has been conducted on the relationship between the two constructs and this research …
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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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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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The effects of the instructional partnership program on teacher academic optimism and collaboration in elementary schools in north central Alabama
Research on teacher academic optimism within the context of elementary schools is relatively scarce. This dearth of research is, in part, because teacher academic optimism is essentially a new construct; therefore, most studies have sought to confirm that academic optimism is a latent construct. …
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An evaluation of the significance of Academic Optimism of a sample of Primary schools: A case study approach based in West Wales
… order, latent organisational construct termed academic optimism, (AO) and its antecedents in primary schools. I will also examine the components of academic optimism through a survey instrument and semi-structured interviews with head teachers across ten sample schools in a specific …
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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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School Factors That Promote Academic Resilience in Urban Latino High School Students
… was to examine the relationship between the academic optimism of schools and academic resilience in urban Latino high school students attending those schools. This study sought to address three research ideas. First, it was hypothesized that, consistent with previous research, student …
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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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The Self-Perceived College Persistence Factors Of Successful Latino Males
… to their success, self-efficacy beliefs and academic optimism. Additionally, findings revealed distinctions in how first and second generation students explain their educational experience and contextualize their persistence in relation to their ethnic and gender identity.</p>