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Brown, Kathleen M.; Benkovitz, Jen; Muttillo, A. J.; Urban, Thad – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: In the Fall 2006 issue of AERJ, Hoy, Tarter, and Woolfolk Hoy identified the new construct of academic optimism as a general latent concept related to student achievement even after controlling for SES, previous performance, and other demographic variables. Through structural equation modeling, they found that the collective…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Interviews
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Fletcher, Anne C.; Walls, Jill K.; Eanes, Angella Y.; Troutman, David R. – School Community Journal, 2010
We tested a model considering the manner in which mothers' use of their own social relationships and efforts to facilitate their children's school-based social relationships were associated with two distinct types of school-based competence: academic achievement and levels of stress experienced within the school environment. Fourth grade children…
Descriptors: Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Questionnaires
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Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y. P.; Ma, Rosa S. F. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
There has been wide recognition that today's graduates need the type of generic capabilities necessary for lifelong learning. However, the mechanism by which universities can develop these generic skills is not clearly established. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism for their development. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Focus Groups, Lifelong Learning, Learning Processes