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    Teacher Qualifications and Student Academic Achievement M. Wong Senior Thesis in Economics ABSTRACT This study examines whether teacher qualifications are related to student academic achievement, specifically, we examine the relationship between fifth grade student achievement in mathematics and reading and various indicators of teacher qualifications such as teacher certification, teaching experience and teacher’s education level. This research design takes advantage of the National Childhood

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    come to realize that diversity has an impact on academic outcomes, and yet many people still believe that the impact of diversity is negative due to the understanding that students of different cultures tend to have generally lower scores on standardized test. What many don’t know is that diversity can have a positive impact on students’ academic achievement, rather than a negative. Exposure to diversity has a positive impact on academic achievement in many ways, through advanced student learning

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    Students face a multitude of challenges throughout their academic life. One of the many challenges they face is the role play that their environment has on their personal academic achievement. We all know that our environment plays a significant factor in creating the adults we become in life. But when I say environment in an education forum, what exactly are we considering here? According to the dictionary environment is; the air, water, minerals, organisms and all other factors surrounding

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    | Single-Parent Homes | The Effect of Single-Parent Homes on Academic Achievement | | | Abstract Children from single parent homes are not as negatively impacted academically as some in the popular media suggest. The number of children living in single-parent homes has risen dramatically over the last 10 years. Despite prior research stating that single-parenting itself has a negative impact on academic achievement, new findings show that it is other social and environmental factors that

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    The achievement gap is unfortunately the disparity in academic performance of groups of students. The achievement gap has affected students for many years from grades, standardized tests, course selection, and dropout rates. Researchers studied and assessed the measures that exist in academic performance to validate this term we know as the “Achievement Gap”. Why are we still talking about the achievement gap in the 21st century? Researchers and public policy officials are examining the dimensions

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    Class Size Affecting Academic Achievement According to Malcolm Gladwell in Chapter Two of David and Goliath, economist Caroline Hoxby found that there was not any significant data indicating smaller classroom sizes had a greater effect on a child’s academic achievement. However, Diana Whitmore Schanzenbach from National Education Policy Center (NEPC), at Northwestern University has contradicted Gladwell’s assertion that smaller classroom sizes were not an academic advantage. Schanzenbach reviewed

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    assist impoverished, rural schools in decreasing and possibly eliminating visible academic disparities. This study may also assist educators, school leaders, and community stakeholders in high poverty, rural communities in understanding the cultures, norms, and attitudes associated with poverty that are contributing factors to the lack of parental involvement often constraining the academic success and achievement of the child. The study may also serve as a model for others so they can actively engage

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    Its Affect on Academic Achievement Roger Morales University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Abstract Anxiety is a common occurrence today especcially among students in a college or university. Even though there has been some studies into anxiety and how it affects a person 's academic achievement there needs to be more done in order to know better the relationship between them. Self questionnaires will be handed out to all participants who agreed to participate and their academic progress will

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    Low Income Equals Low Academic Achievement Some may not want to believe that the world revolves around money, but it does. Goals in life cannot be taken anywhere without money. Money is the most important thing when it comes to quality education. The children from low income families academic performance is highly affected. Low income families struggle with educating their children. Income and wealth can affect educational outcomes in a number of ways. Income has a direct impact on the affordability

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    Effects of Block Scheduling on Academic Achievement in Secondary Mathematics Since the dawn of time, it has been one of man’s goals to constantly improve oneself. Education is one way in which man is able to improve their ability to reason, their potential earnings, and a variety of others. It is this drive to improve oneself that education is continually under the microscope. The scrutiny of education reached an all-time high in 1983 when A Nation at Risk was published (Evans, McCray, Rice & Tokarczyk

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