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Gifted Students Aren't Perfectionistic

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 47min

There is a rich literature on perfectionism among gifted individuals, but the results of these individual studies are ambiguous. This meta-analysis aimed to clarify the nature of the relationship between perfectionism and giftedness by focusing on quantitative studies that compared the perfectionism levels of gifted and nongifted students. Hedge’s unbiased g was used as the effect size metric and

Work-Based Learning

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 55min

This Policy Outline provides a high-level overview of the key agencies, funding sources and common state policy components that make up a work-based learning continuum in any state.

Employment Outcomes for Associate’s Degree Completers and Noncompleters

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1h

Three years after beginning their postsecondary education in 2011–12, 72 percent of certificate students who attained a credential and 59 percent of certificate students who left without a credential were employed. Among associate’s degree students, the percentages were 77 and 70 percent, respectively. Today , July 8, the National Center for Education Statistics released First-time Subbaccalaurea

Relations Between Achievement and Self-Concept

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3h

According to the internal/external frame of reference model, academic achievement has a strong impact on people’s self-concept, both within and between subjects. This article describes a series of meta-analyses of k = 505 data sets containing the six bivariate correlations between achievement and self-concept in two subjects. Negative paths from achievement to noncorresponding self-concept, indic

Book Giveaway Programs Promote the Home Literacy Environment and Children’s Literacy-Related Behavior and Skills

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3h

Full article Book giveaway programs provide free books to families with infants to encourage caregivers to begin reading to their children during infancy. This meta-analysis of 44 studies retrieved from 43 articles tests the effects of three major book giveaway programs: Bookstart (n = 11), Reach Out and Read (n = 18), and Imagination Library (n = 15). Effect sizes were aggregated within two doma

Investigating Efficacy of an Online Mathematics Homework Intervention

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3h

Full article The authors report on a randomized controlled trial of an intervention that leverages the availability of laptops for all public-school students in the state of Maine. The intervention, called “ASSISTments,” provides feedback to students as they solve mathematics homework problems and automatically prepares reports for teachers about student performance on daily assignments. Teachers

Impacts of an Early Childhood Mathematics and Science Intervention on Teaching Practices and Child Outcomes

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3h

This randomized controlled trial examined effects of the MyTeachingPartner-Math/Science intervention on the quality and quantity of teachers’ mathematics and science instruction, and children’s mathematics and science outcomes in 140 pre-kindergarten classrooms. Teachers participated in the intervention for two years with consecutive cohorts of children. Results from Year 1 are considered experim

Targeted taxes and school lunch policies benefit low-income populations

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 15h

Targeted taxes on sweetened beverages and policies that strengthen nutritional standards for meals and beverages at schools may be effective tools for decreasing the purchase of sweetened drinks and reducing obesity among children living in poverty, according to two studies led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The studies will be published online July 7, 2020 in Heal

Colleges that emphasize activism have more civically engaged students X

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 15h

Students tend to be more engaged in activism if the school that they attend emphasizes social and political issues, according to new research featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. A research team including Binghamton University Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration John Zilvinskis examined survey responses to an experimental itemset of the Natio

Early childhood education centers can boost parents' engagement at home X

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 15h

COVID-19 has temporarily shuttered many early childhood education centers across the country, shifting full-time child care and teaching responsibilities largely to parents. As some of those centers look toward reopening, they can play an important part in ensuring that parents continue to be engaged in their 

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