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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"student gender"”.
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Gender tipping: The effects of a changing student gender composition on new faculty salaries
… educational policies designed to promote gender equity. First, that the external labor market is the principal predictor of disciplinary salaries when all other factors are controlled, and second, that integration of women into these marketable disciplines will result in pay equity. This …
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Relationships of student gender, personal epistemological beliefs, science self-efficacy, attitude, and subjective norms to intended science class enrollment
<p>Few students of either gender enroll in high school physics courses, but young women are especially underrepresented. A total of 698 freshmen from five Iowa high schools participated in a study in which Fishbein and Ajzen's Theory of Reasoned Action was applied to the study of the attitudes and …
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The Relationship Among Teacher and Student Gender and the Referral of Students to Intervention Processes that could Potentially Lead to Special Education Evaluation for Behavioral Characteristics of Emotional Disability and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… to investigate the relationship among teacher gender, student gender, and the referral of students to intervention processes that could potentially lead to special education evaluation for behavioral characteristics of emotional disability (ED) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder …
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Developmental Mathematics: A Quantitative Investigation of Instructor Classification as Related to Student Success
… an instructor’s employment classification, student gender, student race, and first-generation status on a student’s academic success in developmental mathematics, as measured by final semester grades at a regionally comprehensive state university in Texas between fall 2013 and spring 2017. …
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Student academic success as related to student age and gender
… study examined the possible relationship between student age and student gender on academic achievement on a state mandated assessment for a cohort of North Georgia elementary school students in their first, second, and third grade years. Study results indicated that student age had a …
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A Study of Associations between Third Grade Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Scores and Subsequent Scores in a Rural Tennessee School District.
… and differences that exist in the NCE scores of students on the <em>TerraNova</em> portion of the Tennessee Comprehensive Exam, as well as the possible influence of variables such as initial scores, grade level, gender, and free or reduced lunch status. The population consisted of a stable group …
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Development of Three Dimensional Spatial Visualization and Abstract Mathematical Thought: School Implications for Student Preparation for a High Technology Society (cross-Cultural, Japan)
… national investigation examined differences in student development of three dimensional spatial visualization and mathematics abstract thought among thirteen and fourteen year old students in the U.S. and Japan. Four predictive independent variables were used in the investigation: student …
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Ordinal Regression to Evaluate Student Ratings Data
Student evaluations are the most common and often the only method used to evaluate teachers. In these evaluations, which typically occur at the end of every term, students rate their instructors on criteria accepted as constituting exceptional instruction in addition to an overall assessment. This …
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A comparative investigation of the factors of the academic performance of blind students in history in special schools and in integrated schools in Zambia
… factors of academic performance of blind grade 9 students in special schools and integrated schools in Zambia. The sample schools used in the study were two basic special schools one located in Luapula province and the other in the Copperbelt province; and two integrated ordinary schools one …
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A comparative investigation of the factors of the academic performance of blind students in history in special schools and in integrated schools in Zambia
… factors of academic performance of blind grade 9 students in special schools and integrated schools in Zambia. The sample schools used in the study were two basic special schools one located in Luapula province and the other in the Copperbelt province; and two integrated ordinary schools one …
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To what extent do student characteristics and situational factors influence academic dishonesty amongst economic and business students in a sample at three South African universities?
… are the level of intrinsic motivation of the student, gender, grade point average, year of study and the perceived cost or benefit of cheating. A descriptive design was used and a survey administered at three different universities in the Western Cape, South Africa. The results indicated that …
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Student perceptions of university faculty on the length of enrollment of university students
… study examined differences between Extenders (students who extended their continuous full-time enrollment beyond eight semesters) and Completers (students who completed their degree within eight semesters of continuous full-time enrollment). Student perceptions of the influences of faculty on …
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The effect of on-screen instructor gender and expressivity upon adult learning of basic computer skills from an instructional videotape
… the effects of on-screen video instructor gender and expressivity upon the competency based performance of adults in the learning of basic computer skills from a series of locally produced instructional videotapes. These tapes were typical of the type of instructional videos used by …
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Under which conditions does reading attitude most influence reading achievement?
… based on this narrow view can undermine students’ motivation and weaken achievement. Attitude has been associated with achievement, but using reading attitude data could be more useful if the relationship between reading attitude and reading achievement were better understood. This study …
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An analysis of university student academic self-entitlement: Levels of entitlement, academic year, and gender
… a problem in universities today. Self-entitled students expect high grades for minimal effort and tend to be highly demanding; they exhibit strong emotions when outcomes fail to meet their expectations. This type of student behavior increases the burden placed upon unprepared faculty, emphasizes …
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The Effect of Instruction on the Perceived Degree of Liking for Opera in Upper Elementary Music Students
… effect of instruction on upper elementary music students' degree of liking for opera. Twelve intact music classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. All students were administered a pretest, utilizing a five-point Likert-type scale, to determine initial degree of liking …
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Impact of Sexual Harassment on Women Undergraduates' Educational Experience in Anambra State of Nigeria
… of academic field differences.Astin's theory of students' involvement and Douglas and Wildavsky's Cultural Theory of Risk provided the framework for this study. Astin defined involvement as the amount of physical and psychological energy students devote to their academic experience. The basic …
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A study of the views of parents/guardians of Maltese Year 10 students on the choice of taking ethics as a subject
… the views of parents/guardians of Year 10 students in four state secondary schools. It also sought to determine why parents/guardians chose Ethics over Religious Education and whether they were satisfied with their children's experience of Ethics. A quantitative approach was employed for …
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INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ORIENTATION AND DETECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST-TIME ONLINE STUDENTS ON THEIR SUCCESS RATE IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTING
… that the failure rate is higher among online students than in-class students at Hopkinsville Community College. An analysis of the academic records of students who enrolled in online courses for the first time at Hopkinsville indicated a 13% higher withdrawal and failure rate than those who …
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The effectiveness of literacy professional development provided to a high school faculty
… to a high school faculty on literacy strategies. Student achievement data of 9th and 10th graders collected before the literacy professional development training began was compared to the post-intervention achievement data (NWEA). The research was able to determine if the literacy professional …
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