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Kern, Ben D.; Graber, Kim C. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2017
Program satisfaction, self-efficacy to change, and willingness to change, are dispositions that influence physical education teacher change. The study purpose was to validate an instrument measuring program satisfaction, self-efficacy to change, and willingness to change relative to teachers' likelihood to change. A 15-item Teacher Change…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Self Efficacy
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Lichtenberger, Eric; Witt, M. Allison; Blankenberger, Bob; Franklin, Doug – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
The use of dual credit has been expanding rapidly. Dual credit is a college course taken by a high school student for which both college and high school credit is given. Previous studies provided limited quantitative evidence that dual credit/dual enrollment is directly connected to positive student outcomes. In this study, predictive statistics…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Community Colleges, Statistical Analysis
Allensworth, Elaine M.; Gwynne, Julia A.; Moore, Paul; de La Torre, Marisa – University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2014
The transition from eighth grade to high school results in a substantial drop in course performance for many students. These declines in performance lead students to fall off-track for obtaining high school and college degrees. By using data on students' middle grade performance, high school staff can set goals for their students to help them meet…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Maimon, David; Browning, Christopher R.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2010
The suicide rate among American adolescents between the ages of 14-25 has dramatically increased during the last 50 years, and this fact has been the focus of extensive social-scientific investigation. To date, however, research focusing on the joint effects of mental health, family, and contextual-level predictors on adolescents' suicidal…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Control, Suicide, Adolescents