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Showing 1 to 20 of 300 for “"educational outcomes"”.
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The effect of violence on educational outcomes
… the relationship between neighborhood crime and educational attainment. The first essay, entitled ""The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance,"" analyzes how fatal shootings in high schools affect schools and students using data from shooting databases, school report …
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Predicting Educational Outcomes For Students Returning From Incarceration
… gender, grade, high school credits, and race), educational placement (e.g., regular or special education), severity of crime and reading and math scores as determined by standardized testing conducted by RETI-WRAP personnel. Eight variables were used to determine the prevalence, relationships, …
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Predictors of Educational Outcomes among Undergraduate Students with Disabilities
… was to identify factors associated with academic outcomes among undergraduate students with disabilities. Factors examined included student characteristics (i.e., demographic characteristics and disability status), academic experiences (i.e., major and enrollment pattern), and services provided by …
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Economic and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Capital Predicting Educational Outcomes
… of the parent-adolescent relationship predicted educational outcomes. The economic capital variables were family income, parent education, and parent occupational prestige. Relationship capital variables included: closeness to parents, expectations for schooling, parental values, and parent …
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Catholic schools in English speaking Cameroon and their educational outcomes
… in English speaking Cameroon are achieving these educational outcomes for their students. The results show that even though Catholic schools have had a longstanding reputation for achieving the highest overall academic attainment, Presbyterian schools have recently performed better on this …
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Educational outcomes of emancipated foster youth: A life course perspective
The present study examined the educational attainments of young adults who have been emancipated from the foster care system. Data for this study were taken from a sub-set of youth who participated in the Foster Youth Project at the University of Illinois. Findings from the study suggest that the …
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The role of the family in determining a child's educational outcomes
… apartheid, there are large racial differences in educational outcomes, with whites performing substantially better than non-whites. In understanding these differences most studies have emphasised the role of school quality, without adequate emphasis on the role of the family. This study has …
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Impacts of Parental Resources on Child Educational Outcomes: Assets and Mediating Pathways
… to the role of parental wealth in children's educational attainment. There is still no consensus on how different types of assets contribute to children's educational outcomes. Also, asset effects on high school dropout are not examined to date, and mediating pathways of social-psychological …
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Exploring arts instruction models and correlates with teacher satisfaction and educational outcomes
The purpose of this study was to explore uses of arts instruction in regular K-5 elementary school classrooms in a large southeastern school district to determine which arts instruction models were being employed and whether or not any particular model had a greater perceived impact on students and …
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Consensual validation of educational outcomes for high school students with mild disabilities
… procedures to determine the most important educational outcomes perceived by parents, special educators, regular educators, and employers for students with mild handicaps who complete or terminate high school programs in central Iowa. Additionally, this study sought to determine the extent …
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Neighbourhood effects in educational outcomes with non-random assignment : a memberships approach
… or group of residences, affects the academic outcomes of first year students. This paper departs from previous studies of peer interactions in higher education as allocation to residence is non-random in this setting.
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The Model Minority Stereotype's Impact on Korean American High School Students' Educational Outcomes
… Minority Stereotype (MMS) continues to shape the educational experiences of Korean American students, reinforcing high academic expectations while marginalizing their unique challenges. This dissertation examines how MMS perceptions influence academic self-concept and social-emotional well-being …
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Adverse childhood experiences and educational outcomes, problem drinking and the perpetration of violence
… perpetration of violence, problem drinking and educational outcomes. We control for potential confounders using a range of statistical techniques (including neighbourhood fixed effects) and add several robustness checks (including household and sibling fixed effects) to evaluate the strength of …
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Goal Effectiveness in Achieving Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from 9th Graders in Medellin, Colombia
… leads to higher average goal achievements of educational outcomes? This question is explored by a field experiment motivated by the acknowledged California-based Family Independence Initiative (FII), to analyze the effectiveness of individual goal setting, incentives and self-help groups on …
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Influence of Deliberate Peer-to-Peer Interactions on First-Generation College Students’ Educational Outcomes
… a peer’s disposition, which may affect certain educational outcomes. Since any environment is conducive to peer formation, then the setting is also an important factor in studying peer-to-peer involvement to find where the effect resides. This study measured deliberate peer-to-peer interactions …
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The complexity of disadvantage : examining the effects of moral ecology on adolescent educational outcomes.
Popular methods of addressing educational inequality emphasize structural barriers to educational attainment such as access and affordability, or individual barriers that highlight a lack of character traits such as grit and resilience among traditionally disadvantaged students. I argue that these …
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Understanding socioeconomic differences in the relationship between black college students' involvement and educational outcomes
… lacking in this discussion is an examination of educational outcomes influenced by involvement for Black students who are not classified as low-income. This study examined SES differences in the relationship between Black college students’ involvement and their educational expectations. While the …
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Labor market and educational outcomes associated with participation in high school marketing and distributive education
The study of educational and economic outcomes associa with participation in marketing and distributive education (MDE) was approached by first examining the impact of MDE participation on employment in marketing. Then selected characteristics of MDE students were examined and a determination of …
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Investigating patterns among demographics, identification practices, interventions, and educational outcomes for students with serious emotional disturbance.
… characteristics, identification practices, educational interventions, and educational outcomes for students with serious emotional disturbance (SED) as well as specifically investigated the impact of age at identification with SED and the presence of co-occurring disabilities. Data was …
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