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Factors influencing STEM career aspirations of underrepresented high school students
(Wiley, 2018-09-05)A shortage of female and minority students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers has prompted researchers and policy makers to examine the current STEM supply pipeline. This study examined ... -
Falsification, annual targets, and errant leadership: media portrayal of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal
(SAGE Publications, 2015-11)This analysis of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal differs markedly from the version reported in the press. Using discourse analysis, I examined over 50 articles published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the ... -
Influence of Collaborative Reasoning discussions on metadiscourse in children's essays
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 3/9/2016)Metadiscourse has been conceptualized as a means to organize discourse, convey interpersonal and evaluative meanings, as well as engage the reader or listener. Importantly, metadiscourse has been theorized to uncover thought ... -
Instructional influences on English language learners' storytelling
(Elsevier, 2017-06)The goal of this study was to evaluate instructional influences on the storytelling of English Language Learners (ELLs). Participants were 210 fifth-grade Spanish-speaking ELLs (mean age = 10.8) from schools serving ... -
Internet addiction and acculturative stress among international college students in the United States
(University Printing Services, 2021-03-15)While Internet use plays an increasingly important role in individuals’ lives, many college students have found themselves totally unconsciously plunged into Internet addiction (IA). Guided by the acculturative stress ... -
Interpersonal needs in middle adolescents: companionship, leadership and intimacy
(Elsevier, 1992-09)Recent research suggests that, along with identity, intimacy is an important developmental construct during adolescence. Are there gender differences in current society regarding intimacy development? Two hundred and seven ... -
Journey to Solla Sollew: Teacher candidates, resiliency, and children's literature
(Association of Teacher Educators – Kansas, 2013)Today's elementary student must learn coping strategies in order to deal with life's challenges-social, emotional, and academic-in his or her changing world. To foster the development of such learning, teacher preparation ... -
Learning disabilities and learned helplessness: a heuristic approach
(Informa Healthcare, 1996-02)This study investigated whether students with learning disabilities exhibited learned helpless behavior at a greater rate than their normal achieving peers when confronted with reading failure. Forty-five third grade ... -
Liberation psychology : theory, method, practice, and social justice
(American Psychological Association, 2020)The book discusses liberation psychology, a discipline that encourages empowerment, healing, and transformation. Liberation psychology refers to the use of psychological approaches to understand and address oppression among ... -
A longitudinal study of preschool children's (Homo sapiens) sex segregation
(American Psychological Association, 2010-05)In this 2-year longitudinal study, we hypothesized that sex of the human child (Homo sapiens), differences in physical activity, and time of the year would interact to influence preschool children's sex segregation. We ... -
Making the right connections: Differential effects of reading intervention for subgroups of comprehenders
(Elsevier, 2012-02)The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of different types of questioning interventions on students' reading comprehension. Fourth-grade students (n = 246) were identified as struggling, average, or good readers ... -
A phonologically based analysis of misspellings by third graders with disordered-phonology histories
(American Speech - Language - Hearing Association, 1995-08)Misspellings evidenced in written responses of third graders during administration of a battery containing 25 true words and 20 nonsense syllable items were analyzed phonologically. Children with histories of disordered ... -
Protecting the educational rights of students in foster care: Legal considerations for educational professionals
(Elsevier, 2022-10-01)According to a 2018 report by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, more than 400,000 students live in foster care. Among other obstacles to success, involvement in the child welfare system is associated ... -
A qualitative exploration of STEM career development of high school students in Taiwan
(SAGE Publications, 2019-02-20)Although personal inputs and contextual variables in social cognitive career theory (SCCT) are recognized as key factors that affect career interests and choices, research has given minimal attention to the role of these ... -
Relations between the Socioeconomic Status of Secondary Students with Disabilities and non-academic transition behaviors
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-06-24)Many studies suggest students’ socioeconomic status (SES) predicts academic performance as well as employment and further education outcomes for students both with and without disabilities. The extent to which SES affects ... -
Response to Tracy's under the "big tent": establishing universal criteria for evaluating qualitative research
(Sage Publ, 2013-11)In this paper, we consider Tracy's proposal for universal criteria to judge the goodness of qualitative studies, and we explore her criteria by applying them to our own work. As a test of Tracy's claim to universality, we ... -
School counselors' ways of knowing and social orientation in relationship to poverty beliefs
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015-07)The beliefs about poverty, ways of knowing, and social relationship orientation of 513 American School Counselor Association members were evaluated using canonical correlation analysis. Results indicated a relationship ... -
Struggling international students in the United States: do university faculty know how to help?
(The Education Research Unit of The Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2015-05)This study explores university faculty members' perspectives on the strengths and challenges of international students in the United States, as well as their own challenges in teaching international students. It also ... -
Teens at risk for pregnancy: the role of ego development and family processes
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Theoretical approaches and modalities used with children and adolescents
(Springer Publishing, 2021-05)Working with children and adolescents, whether in a school or clinical mental health setting, calls for intentional practices. Professional school counselors and clinical mental health counselors work with clients from ...