Social-perspective coordination and gifted adolescents’ friendship quality     

Catherine A. Masden  Olivia N. Leung  Barry H. Schneider  Stephen J. Udvari 《High Ability Studies》2015,26(1):3-38

This research examined links among academic ability, social-perspective coordination, and friendship quality, within the context of gifted adolescents’ friendships. The sample consisted of 120 early adolescents (59 girls, 61 boys), 81 of whom were identified as gifted. Academic ability, sex, and grade significantly predicted social-perspective coordination (an indicator of psychosocial maturity) in multiple regression analyses. Social-perspective coordination, perceptions (self-concept) of ability to make and keep friends, academic ability, sex, and grade predicted perceptions of the overall quality of friendships. Being a female, seventh grader, or adolescent not identified as gifted, significantly predicted higher friendship quality. Social-perspective coordination and self-concept based on having a close friend predicted higher levels of friendship quality for the gifted participants.  相似文献   

Do Latino Youth Really Want to Get Pregnant?: Assessing Pregnancy Wantedness     

Genevieve Martínez-García  Olivia Carter-Pokras  Nancy Atkinson  Barry Portnoy  Sunmin Lee 《American journal of sexuality education》2014,9(3):329-346

Despite recent declines, Latinas bear a disproportionate burden of teen births. Understanding social, cultural, and demographic factors underlying pregnancy desire among Latino adolescents is needed to design effective teen pregnancy prevention interventions.

A questionnaire was completed by 794 Latino youth including a “pregnancy wantedness scale” (PWS) to assess attitudes toward an early pregnancy and socio-demographic variables. Regression analyses examined the association between these variables and PWS score. PWS scores for all groups were below but near the midpoint, suggesting ambivalence toward an early pregnancy. Being female, older, acculturated, using hormonal contraception, living with parents, and having an educated mother were significantly associated with lower PWS scores, but impacted youth differently depending on their sex and sexual experience. Multi-component Latino teen pregnancy prevention strategies should address behavioral and attitudinal differences based on sex and sexual experience and acknowledge the contribution of social determinants on pregnancy intentions.  相似文献   

Using Writing-to-Learn Science Strategies to Improve Year 11 Students' Understandings of Stoichiometry     

Brian Hand  Olivia Eun-mi Yang  Crystal Bruxvoort 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2007,5(1):125-143

This study researched the use of writing-to-learn strategies within a high-school (Year 11) chemistry classroom. The writing task itself asked the students to write a business letter to a younger audience of middle-school (Year 7) students. A mixed-method design was used for the study, incorporating pre/post- testing with semi-structured interviews. The evidence supports that the treatment students performed statistically significantly better on a conceptual question compared to the control group. Additionally, the treatment students felt that writing to a younger audience prompted them to use different language than they would have if, for example, writing to their teacher. Further, the treatment students described that the writing task promoted their understanding of and their confidence in their knowledge of the stoichiometry concepts addressed in class.  相似文献   

Trajectories of perinatal depressive symptoms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic     

Hanna C. Gustafsson  Anna S. Young  Olivia Doyle  Bonnie J. Nagel  Kristen Mackiewicz Seghete  Joel T. Nigg  Elinor L. Sullivan  Alice M. Graham 《Child development》2021,92(5):e749-e763

This study sought to advance understanding of the potential long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for child development by characterizing trajectories of maternal perinatal depression, a common and significant risk factor for adverse child outcomes. Data came from 393 women (86% White, 8% Latina; mean age = 33.51 years) recruited during pregnancy (n = 247; mean gestational age = 22.94 weeks) or during the first year postpartum (n = 146; mean child age = 4.50 months; 55% female). Rates of depression appear elevated, relative to published reports and to a pre-pandemic comparison group (N = 155). This study also provides evidence for subgroups of individuals who differ in their depressive symptom trajectories over the perinatal period. Subgroup membership was related to differences in maternal social support, but not to child birth outcomes.  相似文献   

Demands and Job Resources in the Child Care Workforce: Swiss Lead Teacher and Assistant Teacher Assessments     

Olivia R. Bloechliger  Georg F. Bauer 《Early education and development》2016,27(7):1040-1059

Center-based child care has been struggling with poor health and high turnover rates of child care staff and their adverse impact on care quality for decades. Yet little is known about personal and structural antecedents of job resources and job demands that are valid predictors of health and turnover in the child care workforce. Research Findings: This study investigated job resources and job demands among child care staff of different education levels (491 lead teachers and 310 assistant teachers) from Switzerland. Results from t-tests and hierarchical regression analyses indicated slightly higher job resources and job demands for lead teachers than for assistant teachers but similar antecedents of job resources and job demands. Overall, center characteristics shaped job resources and job demands more strongly than staff characteristics. More specifically, job resources were predicted by structural characteristics associated with professionalism in child care work, whereas job demands were primarily dependent on adequate staffing. Practice or Policy: The findings suggest that center characteristics (e.g., work environment and staffing levels) should be targeted in order to increase job resources and reduce job demands, which would in turn promote health and lower turnover rates among child care staff.  相似文献   

Integrating Online Literacy into Undergraduate Education: a case study     

Joanna Tapper 《高等教育研究与发展》1997,16(1):25-40

The present situation in which students enter tertiary education with different experiences of online literacy poses challenges for instructors of subjects in which content and online literacy are integrated. It is hard for university teachers to predict what can be expected of incoming students in terms of computer experience, or to plan suitable syllabuses. In this article, the online literacy practices of students in one subject offered at an Australian university are examined. These practices are viewed within the context of the subject itself, and in the wider context of tertiary education. It is suggested that studies of the contexts and practices of online literacy can provide information which will help instructors to have some idea of what to expect concerning their students’ online literacy. In turn, this knowledge may make it easier for instructors to plan subject syllabuses which provide for groups of students with mixed online experiences. Areas for further research are also identified.  相似文献   

Academic accommodations for university students living with disability and the potential of universal design to address their needs     

Edwards  Miriam  Poed  Shiralee  Al-Nawab  Hadeel  Penna  Olivia 《Higher Education》2022,84(4):779-799

Higher Education - This paper reports on a faculty-wide investigation into the experiences of students requiring academic accommodations due to disability. Underpinned by the social model of...  相似文献   

And Now for Some Good News: Trends in Student Retention at Community Colleges, 2004–2017     

Monaghan  David B.  Sommers  Olivia K. 《Research in higher education》2022,63(3):425-452

Research in Higher Education - Community colleges have been under pressure for years to improve retention rates. Considering well-publicized reductions in state funding during and after the Great...  相似文献   

Meeting the Discipline-Culture Framework of Physics Knowledge: A Teaching Experience in Italian Secondary School     

Olivia Levrini  Eugenio Bertozzi  Marta Gagliardi  Nella Grimellini Tomasini  Barbara Pecori  Giulia Tasquier  Igal Galili 《Science & Education》2014,23(9):1701-1731

The paper deals with physics teaching/learning in high school. An investigation in three upper secondary school classes in Italy explored the reactions of students to a structuring lecture on optics within the discipline-culture (DC) framework that organises physics knowledge around four interrelated fundamental theories of light. The lecture presented optics as an unfolding conceptual discourse of physicists regarding the nature of light. Along with the knowledge constructed in a school course of a scientific lyceum, the students provided epistemological comments, displaying their perception of physics knowledge presented in the classroom. Students’ views and knowledge were investigated by questionnaires prior to and after the lecture and in special discussions held in each class. They revealed a variety of attitudes and views which allowed inferences about the potential of the DC framework in an educational context. The findings and interpretation indicate the positive and stimulating impact of the lecture and the way in which DC-based approach to knowledge organization makes physics at school cultural and attractive.  相似文献   

Education and qualitative research in Mexico: issues and insights from the field     

Maricela Oliva  Harriett D. Romo  Victor Zúñiga  Olivia López 《International journal of qualitative studies in education》2014,27(8):951-958

This co-editors’ introduction provides a context for the special issue on qualitative research in Mexico and introduces the five papers selected for publication. Papers present findings from qualitative research that explore the topics of teaching; school leadership; language education policy; and women in traditionally male, postsecondary engineering programs.  相似文献