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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"student demographics"”.
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K-12 Virtual Students: Relationships Between Student Demographics, Virtual Learning Experience, and Academic Achievement
… in academic achievement among virtual students of various backgrounds, demographics, and virtual learning environments. The study also sought to identify factors that may predict the academic achievement, as defined by final course grade, of virtual students. This study examined those …
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Academic integrity and the non-traditional student: Demographics, rationales, and the role of religious beliefs
… academic integrity among nontraditional college students attending nontraditional educational degree programs. Conducted at a midsized regionally accredited theological school, only nontraditional students were included. The primary focus was to provide data on the demographics of cheating, to …
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Relationships Among Student Demographics and Community and School Context Factors and Value-Added Gain Scores in Ohio
… value-added gain scores are not affected by student demographics and school and community context factors using fourth and eighth grade Ohio value-added gain scores in reading and mathematics. The study also compared the effects of these factors on Ohio's other accountability measures. …
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Student Demographics and Perceptions of the Cost-Sharing Program for Financing Higher Education in Tanzania and Their Relationship to Perceived Likelihood of Student Loans Repayment
… established the cost-sharing program to increase students’ access to higher educational institutions and enrollment. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to explore the student perceptions of the cost sharing program for financing higher education in Tanzania and whether selected …
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Effective Strategies for Recruiting African American Males into Teacher Education Programs
… attract more minority teachers to reflect their student demographics. In 2018, data reported from statista.com shows the following student demographics in K-12 public schools across the U.S.: 47% White, 15.1% African-American, and 27.2% Hispanic (statista.com, 2018). In order to diversify the …
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Exploring Community Colleges in the Stem Education Landscape : development of stem college major choice model
… The purpose of this study is to understand how student demographics, high school, and college experiences influence the entrance of community college students to the STEM college majors. Data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) were used for the study. Students included in …
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Special education remediation programs promote HSPA success
… remediation opportunities for high school students with special needs. Student demographics and content area scores on the GEPA and HSPA were collected. The population included: special education students who took the March 2004 HSPA test, five mathematics and language arts special …
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An examination of the effects of school choice on the financial integrity and demographic mix of traditional public schools
… finances and socioeconomic and racial/ethnic student demographics. This mixed-methods study analyzed traditional public school districts in two Michigan counties in 2009/10 and 2013/14, answering three research questions: 1) Are the finances in districts with greater concentrations of student …
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The effects of open door policies for community colleges and achieving accountability
… college strives to meet the needs of all students with an enrollment open door policy. This study examined relationships between student demographics and the achievement of core performance indicators by Ohio community colleges. The core performance indicators measure technical skill …
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A Comparison of Predictors of Student Grades in Online and Face-to-Face Community College Courses
… and completion rates as indicators of student success. This analysis focuses on grade outcomes. Although this traditional view of success is somewhat narrow, it will provide a starting point for an examination of online student success. This study examines to what extent the academic …
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The Impact of Student Behavior and Motivation on Intercultural Competence
… academic and social behaviors, motivation, and student demographics on the attainment of intercultural competence through a mixed methods study. Undergraduate students taking a course focused on human diversity responded to intercultural situational judgement tests and the Expanded Cultural …
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A preliminary investigation into the adjustment to university of first-year students at the University of Cape Town, with particular emphasis on the relative adjustment of black students
… is a major life transition to which many students experience considerable difficulty in adjusting. This process of adjustment is multidimensional requiring that students develop effective strategies for adapting to a host of new demands (Baker & Siryk, 1989) including those found in …
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Course registration and student success: A mixed-methods study of closed classes, student enrollment, and graduation
… hour enrollment and graduation for undergraduate students at a mid-size public institution. A mixed-methods study was guided by four research questions: • Research Question 1 (RQ1): How, if at all, do closed class encounters predict credit hour enrollment while controlling for student demographics …
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A Comparative Case Study of Factors Distinguishing Between High and Low-Performance on Reading Achievement in Elementary Rural Appalachian Schools
… in the rural Appalachia area with similar student demographics and economic disadvantages. Data were collected through interview questions to assess the staffs' perceptions of their school's instructional program, leadership strategies, and teaching methods. The researcher also conducted …
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Board of Certification Examination Success and Clinical Education
… supplements classroom understanding and allows students to becomes competent with the concepts taught during classroom curriculum. In comparing allied health professions, entry-level athletic trainers perceive approximately 53% of their professional development comes from clinical experiences, …
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Perceptions of cultural competency skills among professional housing and residential life staff at postsecondary institutions
<p>Student demographics on college campuses continues to change. The globalization of the student population brings challenges to providing optimal services from staff throughout higher education and particularly from professional housing and residential life (HRL) staff, who may be the first level …
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN AN ONLINE GRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
… by the following research questions: (1) Does student engagement associate academic achievement as defined by cumulative grade point average in the Online MBA program? (2) Do student demographics correlate to academic achievement in an online graduate business program? Data consists of rankings …
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The Distribution of National Board Certified Teachers in Virginia
… Given the impact of high quality teachers on student learning and the well-documented disparities in access for subsets of the student population, it is important to obtain a baseline measure of NBCT distribution in Virginia upon which leaders might build a plan for reform. Three research …
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Internalizing Mental Health Disorders: Examining the Connection Between Children's Symptoms and Parent Involvement and Autonomy Support.
… of this study is to determine how certain parent demographics relate to attitudes and behaviors towards both parent involvement and autonomy support. Similarly, this study seeks to examine how certain how student demographics relate to internalized mental health symptoms.</p><p>The participants in …
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One school's process of becoming more culturally responsive: an ethnographic case study
Student demographics in K–12 education have changed dramatically over the past few decades. Classrooms are increasingly more linguistically, culturally, and racially diverse than ever before, yet our educator workforce remains predominantly white. Moreover, racial and cultural opportunity gaps …
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