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Showing 1 to 20 of 137 for “"educational achievement"”.
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Educational achievement : does parental cultural capital make a difference
… is a link between secondary school children's educational achievement and their parental cultural capital. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 10 parents of Form 1 and Form 2 secondary school underachieving girls. Throughout the interviews, parents gave information about their …
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The Educational Achievement and Ideals of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Abstract Not Available
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A Study of Educational Achievement in Sub-Saharan Africa
This thesis investigates the role of education achievement in explaining the growth experiences of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Chapter one presents a new regional measure of educational achievement for SSA developed from three large-scale assessments: Le Programme d'Analyse des Systèmes …
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The Context of Success: Mexican Educational Achievement in the Northeast
… that Mexican students encounter in their educational trajectory in order to analyze how these students and their parents are being received in their communities of settlement and how this affects their mobility. The second question aims to specify the extent to which local circumstances …
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School Context, Peers and the Educational Achievement of Girls and Boys
… pinpointing boys as the troublemaker in modern educational systems. The notorious under-performance of boys in school and their tendency to disrupt the learning process in the class room has sparked intense academic as well as public debates about the causes of what many now call the "problem …
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Exploring Alaska Native and African American Parent Perspectives: The Educational Achievement Gap
… and African American parents understand the achievement gap as well as their suggestions or solutions for reducing and ending the gap. Seventeen parents were interviewed, from both Alaska Native and African American descent. These interviews took place over the phone due to the current health …
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A Study of the Influence of Boy Scout Experience on Educational Achievement
… of this study was to compare the academic achievement of boys involved in Scouting with that of boys who were non-scouts but who had equal aptitude for learning as measured by standardized intelligence tests. The null hypothesis, that there was no difference in achievement between scouts …
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Youth Gardening: Opportunities for Strengthening Life Skills and Educational Achievement with Special Populations
It is believed that an effective way of reducing levels of juvenile delinquency is to implement preventative programs for young children. This research explored the use of a youth gardening project as a preventative program by examining the effects on self-concept. The study involved two groups of …
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Influence of beginning college type on post secondary educational achievement: a matched pairs study
… beginning at a four-year college on a student's educational achievement. The three outcomes of interest were: (1) whether a student remains continuously enrolled throughout college; (2) total number of college credits a student completes; and (3) highest degree, if any, a student obtains. In …
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A Study of Educational Achievement in Relation to Creative Thinking Abilities and Intellectual Ability
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Educational Achievement, Engagement, and Persistence in Choctaw Nation: A Study of the Success Through Academic Recognition Program
… a unique initiative to support academic achievement within their tribal territory. The Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR) program is an example of an Indigenously-developed approach to supporting students from grades 2-12, with the hope of promoting achievement, persistence, and …
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A study of the educational achievement of pupils in the rural and graded schools of Smith County, Kansas
Thesis (M.S.Ed.)--University of Kansas, Education, 1929.
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Determinants of Educational Expenditures and Outcomes: Analyses Using School Campus -Level Data
… matters"" at a school campus-level in predicting educational achievement. Furthermore, the effect of school expenditures on educational achievement varies inversely with family income. Thus, the marginal productivity of an additional dollar of spending is higher in schools attended predominantly …
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A study of fifth and sixth grade students' attitudes about teachers in relation to cultural groups, intelligence, personal-social development and educational achievement of the parent or guardian
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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Poverty is behaviour: an evaluation of life history theory in Cape Town
… 2009. The study examined factors influencing the educational achievement of the participants including environment, schools, parents and individual’s own behaviour. Multivariate regression was used to analyse the data. Results showed that the education system had the largest influence followed by …
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Essays in economics of education: free primary education, birth order and human capital development in Lesotho
Given the low levels of educational standards in the developing world, the World Education Forum adopted the Dakar Framework for Action (DFA) in 2000, calling for quality 'Education for All' children of school-going age. Heeding to this call, many sub-Saharan African countries instituted Free …
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Challenges Of Studying Attributes Associated With African American Males Who Are Not Successful With Testing Measures
… significantly lower on high-stakes measures of educational achievement than do other ethnic groups. Osborn (1997) attributes this low performance by African Americans to their disidentification with the academic discourse. Ickes and Layden (1976), Metalsky, Abramson, and Peterson (1982), Finn …
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The Impact of Resources on Education: A Position Paper on How Theories of Social Capital Provide Insight on the Achievement Gap in the United States Education System
<p>Research has shown that there is a gap in educational achievement between socioeconomic and racial groups in the public education system in the United States. This paper identifies the link between resources and academic achievement. Through examining educational resources, from in-school …
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