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Showing 1 to 20 of 113 for “"background characteristics"”.
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An exploration of the background characteristics and interests of University of Illinois Department of Animal Sciences freshman
… to gather insights on their interests and background experiences. Students within the program were mostly female from urban and suburban areas, and had little to no previous experience in agriculture. Most students were interested in companion animal and equine species as compared to the …
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An Examination of Family Background Characteristics and School Environments and Their Effects On Girls' Achievement in Schooling Process.
… this study was to examine the effects of family background characteristics and school environments on girls' achievement in the schooling process. Girls’ academic achievement in the schooling process is still a big problem especially in Mufindi district. This study therefore investigated the …
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Influences of an integrated teaching model and selected background characteristics on developmental studies student achievement in a community college
It has been established that prior academic achievement influences persistence in college and that poorly prepared students are less likely to persist. The effect of counseling on underprepared students was investigated because this form of active involvement was considered a key element in the …
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Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? The Relationship Between Personal Background Characteristics and Participation in a Mutual-Help Group
The significance of personal background characteristics for participation in a mutual-help group is debated by observers of these groups. Some contend that these characteristics are relatively unimportant, and that sharing a problem is the essential factor. Others suggest that the observed …
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University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures
… undertaken to examine whether women's social background characteristics, bodily routines, attitudes towards beauty/body hair, knowledge of and/or experiences with social rewards/consequences, and socialization towards hairlessness norms influenced the extent of participants' depilation from …
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Pupil Background Characteristics and Academic performance in grade nine: A case of selected schools in Lufwanyama District in the Copperbelt Provice of Zambia
This study investigated the effect of pupil background characteristics on academic performance among upper basic school pupils in Lufwanyama district in the Copper belt Province of Zambia. The main concern that prompted this study in this district was the poor pass-rate recorded among grade nine …
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Pupil Background Characteristics and Academic performance in grade nine: A case of selected schools in Lufwanyama District in the Copperbelt Provice of Zambia
This study investigated the effect of pupil background characteristics on academic performance among upper basic school pupils in Lufwanyama district in the Copper belt Province of Zambia. The main concern that prompted this study in this district was the poor pass-rate recorded among grade nine …
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Predicting the academic performance of Virginia community college transfer students to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University using academic and non-academic background characteristics
For many years there has been concern about the performance of community college (CC) students who transfer from community to senior institutions. This concern has led to considerable research, most of which has shown that CC grade point average (GPA) declined in the first year of student transfer …
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Socio-economic Background and Attainment at GCSE: Does the Attainment of Students Eligible for Free School Meals Differ Over Time By Assessment System or Other Background Characteristics?
… initiatives. Attainment gaps by student background factors have been the subject of longstanding research, and it is widely acknowledged that difference by economic background is particularly persistent and significant, with gaps being far larger than those by ethnicity or gender. Such …
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Associations in Nurses’ Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture Within the Hospital Setting: A Secondary Analysis of the 2018 HSOPS Database
… of patient safety culture measures and background characteristics of nurses in the hospital setting. The central hypothesis was that there are correlations within perceptions of patient safety culture measures as well as background characteristics in nurses within the hospital setting. …
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Exploring levels of quality of teaching based on the dynamic model in Taiwan: Constraints and perspectives
… relationships between teaching quality, teacher background characteristics and perceptions (teacher attitudes to teaching mathematics, teacher self-efficacy and teacher job satisfaction), student background characteristics, and student achievement. According to the aforementioned research …
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Examining Social Capital as a Predictor of Enrollment in Postsecondary Education for Low SES Students: A Multilevel Analysis
… education for students from a low SES background. Results take the form of two articles. The first article addresses enrollment in four-year institutions of postsecondary education, and the second article addresses enrollment in two-year institutions of postsecondary education. The …
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Dropouts from community colleges: path analysis of a national sample
… and academic integration, in relation to student background characteristics, on two measures of persistence: persistence in the institution, and persistence in higher education. The data were analyzed using path analyses procedures. Results only partially supported Tinto's theory. Major findings …
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Aspiring to the Baccalaureate: Attitudes of Community College Students Toward Affirmative Action in College Admissions
… action in college admissions and student background characteristics, educational aspirations, self-interest, racial affect, and institutional characteristics. It is proposed that community college students might view affirmative action in college admissions differently than four-year …
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Dialogues on the Net - Power structures in asynchronous discussions in the context of a web based teacher training course
… interaction processes depend on a) certain background characteristics of the students and/or b) are affected by group composition: whether the majority/minority of the group members are male/female; have parents with high or low parental educational attainments; speak Swedish or another …
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Factors that Predict Academic Achievement for Students Who are Undecided Majors
… of major but were not accepted to that major). Background characteristics, self-perception of abilities, degree aspirations, and academic achievement were examined using secondary analysis of institutional Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) data. Findings revealed significant …
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An Exploratory Study On The Assessment Of Pre-Service Teacher Dispositions By Teacher Education Programs In Iowa
… quantitative (Creswell, 2012) study explored the background characteristics of teacher education programs in Iowa to determine if there were differences in the assessment of pre-service teacher dispositions. Data were gathered through a survey (Fink, 2009). Methods: A postpositivist worldview …
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Expanding the Impact of Peer Networks: Pathways to Turning Points
… as well as the conditioning effect of network characteristics (e.g. density, centrality, popularity, attachment, and involvement) on peer deviance, while controlling for background characteristics. This research finds that the level of deviance in a peer network is particularly detrimental for …
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Exploratory Investigation of Police Attitudes Toward Violence (Aggression, Law Enforcement, Use of Force, Criminal Justice)
… (1) to explore relationships among personal and background characteristics and attitudes toward violence of sworn police officers; and (2) to determine the possible relationships of individual measures of attitudes toward violence with length of police service. It was postulated that such …
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