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Download full textPenny, Judith M.; And Others – 1993
This study examined differences between the positive mother-infant interactions of adolescents and those of young adult mothers, both before and after controlling for socioeconomic status (SES) and educational level. The study also investigated factors related to adolescents' early and later maternal-infant interaction patterns. Subjects were 100…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis
Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. – 1993
The roles of impersonal (or abstract) and relational (or connected) modes of knowing in the experiences of young adults were studied, and the ways the two converge are described in this report of the post-college phase of a 7-year longitudinal study of the epistemological development of college students, i.e., their assumptions about the limits,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, College Graduates, College Students
Lichtman, Merilyn; Taylor, Satomi Izumi – 1993
Issues and elements of case study research are explored and illustrated with the example of a case study of a kindergarten in a suburb of Tokyo (Japan). Case study research is a type of qualitative research that concentrates on a single unit or entity, with boundaries established by the researcher. The case is an example drawn from a larger class,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Evaluation Methods
National Inst. of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Early Child Care Network. – 1996
A longitudinal study explored the effects of different aspects of child care on infants' attachment security. Child care variables examined included age of entry; the quality, amount, stability, and type of care; and mother's sensitivity to the child's needs. When the validity of the Strange Situation was tested by comparing children with low and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Day Care
Fitzsimons, Patrick – 1997
The New Zealand National Qualifications Framework (NQF) is a new qualifications, credit, and assessment system. This report explores the difference the NQF makes for young people. It is the first report of a longitudinal study that will follow two cohorts of students in seven North Island (New Zealand) high schools to see the impact the NQF has on…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Spurling, Steven – 1998
This report summarizes three studies conducted during the 1997-98 school year. The studies investigated the level of academic success CCSF students achieved, and if this success varied by student background (i.e. ethnic group, age, gender), educational goal and/or placement level. Also questioned was whether certain variables connected to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Ethnicity
Wulczyn, Fred H.; Harden, Allen W.; Goerge, Robert M. – 1997
The Foster Care Data Archive is a database containing foster care career histories for all children placed in state-supervised substitute-care living arrangements in California, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Texas. This update report examines trends in agency caseloads, characteristics of entrants, and duration in care. Part 1…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Welfare, Children, Databases
Slack, Jill Berlin; St. John, Edward P. – 1998
This study investigated the mathematics achievement test performance of 62 non-transient elementary school learners in accelerated schools using a longitudinal design. Both the California Achievement Test (CAT) and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) test were included in this investigation. In particular, this study sought to…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Jones, Gill; Jamieson, Lynn – 1997
A study of youth out-migration from the Scottish Borders region was based on the 1989 Scottish Young People's Survey--a survey of students during their final compulsory school year (age 16-17)--plus followup interviews in 1995 with 23-year-olds from the rural Borders region. Among those in school in the Borders at age 16, only around one-third…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Dowson, Martin; Cunneen, Tony – 1998
A longitudinal phenomenographic investigation was conducted into a cultural change process at a secondary school. This change process positively influenced senior students' academic motivation, cognition, and achievement. The study involved a retrospective examination of the components of the change process and a specific investigation of how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Tinsley, Barbara; And Others – 1989
Statistics show that the improvement in the U.S. infant mortality rate began slowing down in 1981 and completely ended in 1985; this has been reflected in a significant increase in the percentage of infants born prematurely and with low birth weight. Increased attention is being given to the effects of maternal behavior during pregnancy, and…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Health, Health Services, Locus of Control
Marcinkiewicz, Henryk R.; Grabowski, Barbara L. – 1992
A questionnaire was administered to 167 preservice elementary education undergraduates. The questionnaire was designed to assess the relatedness of personological variables to the expected use of computers in teaching by preservice student teachers. The data collected comprise the baseline for a 5-year longitudinal study that is to be conducted…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Pavel, D. Michael – 1992
Achieving equity in the number of American Indian and Alaskan Native students who enter college and subsequently graduate is important to Natives and to the nation as a whole. Based on institutional data and demographic data, state equity scores for enrollment (ESEs) and state equity scores for graduation (ESGs) were computed for seven states with…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, College Attendance, College Graduates
White, Karl R. – 1991
This document presents the first of several follow-up studies on the longitudinal effects and costs of providing alternative types of early intervention services to children with disabilities. The nine studies being followed focused on either variations in program intensity, variations in the age of beginning intervention, or variations in program…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Kaufman, Phillip; Rasinski, Kenneth A. – 1991
The base-year survey of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) took place in spring 1988. Data on a variety of topics were obtained by questionnaires and achievement tests administered to a national probability sample of 25,000 eighth-graders. This report presents results of an examination of the quality of responses of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Grade 8
