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Coelho, Vítor Alexandre; Sousa, Vanda; Marchante, Marta – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2018
Transition to middle school in Portugal is associated with increased levels of stress for students, as well as an increase in grade retention. This study investigated the impact of a school adjustment program designed to support students during this transition, and its differential results by gender and fourth-grade class size. Multilevel linear…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries
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Tan, Cheng Yong – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
The present study addresses the issue of how different forms of cultural capital may influence children's mathematics achievement in economies with different socioeconomic gradients. Data from 73,178 parent-child dyads from 10 economies with different socioeconomic gradients who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Mathematics Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences, Parent Child Relationship
Tan, Cheng Yong – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The present study examines from the contingency opportunities perspective the influence of contextual factors on principals' learning-centered leadership using HLM. Participants were 18,641 school principals from 73 jurisdictions who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Results showed that principals were…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership, Performance Factors, Influences