A5009295291- School Choice and Performance
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Career Development and Diversity
- Education Systems and Policy
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Media and Politics
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
- Disability Education and Employment
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
The University of Texas at Austin
2016-2025
University High School
2015
Integra (United States)
2015
A global priority for the behavioural sciences is to develop cost-effective, scalable interventions that could improve academic outcomes of adolescents at a population level, but no such have so far been evaluated in population-generalizable sample. Here we show short (less than one hour), online growth mindset intervention—which teaches intellectual abilities can be developed—improved grades among lower-achieving students and increased overall enrolment advanced mathematics courses...
This study examines how high school boys' and girls' academic effort, in the form of math coursetaking, is influenced by members their social contexts. The authors argue that adolescents' contexts are defined, part, clusters students (termed "local positions") who take courses differentiate them from others. Using course transcript data recent Adolescent Health Academic Achievement Study, employ a new network algorithm to identify local positions 78 schools National Longitudinal Study...
This article investigates the empirical basis for often-repeated arguments that gender differences in entrance into STEM majors are largely explained by disparities prior achievement. Analyses use data from three national cohorts of college matriculates across decades to consider several indicators high school math and science achievement at mean also top test distribution. examine different comparative advantages men women enjoy math/science vs. English/reading. Regardless how is measured,...
Gender scholars draw on the “theory of gendered organizations” to explain persistent gender inequality in workplace. This theory argues that is built into work organizations which jobs are characterized by long-term security, standardized career ladders and job descriptions, management controlled evaluations. Over past few decades, this basic organizational logic has been transformed. In so-called new economy, increasingly insecurity, teamwork, maps, networking. Using a case study...
A growth-mindset intervention teaches the belief that intellectual abilities can be developed. Where does work best? Prior research examined school-level moderators using data from National Study of Learning Mindsets (NSLM), which delivered a short during first year high school. In present research, we used NSLM to examine moderation by teachers’ mindsets and answer new question: Can students independently implement their growth in virtually any classroom culture, or must students’ supported...
Abstract INTRODUCTION Educational attainment is associated with midlife cognitive functioning. However, degree the culmination of complex and unequal processes involving students’ backgrounds, opportunities that schools provide them, their performance within those schools─all which may also shape cognition. What do educational gradients in cognition look like using a richer conceptualization measures “education?” METHODS We use data from High School Beyond (HS&B:80)─a large, nationally...
How does parents' involvement in school differ for sons and daughters, what difference it make the gender gap mathematics achievement ? This article reports on a longitudinal study of impact parental adolescents' from Grade 8 to 12. The found that differences scores tests were small but consistent among high seniors. Gender test gains 10 only when was controlled. relationship between is similar girls boys diminishes over course point has essentially no made by
Abstract Using the second and third waves of NELS, this study examines three questions concerning links between religious involvement, social capital, academic achievement public school students: First, what are relationships adolescents' involvement their access to capital within families (parental expectations parent-child interaction) communities (intergenerational closure peers' values)? Second, is adolescent associated with progress, including self-concept (locus control), attitudes...
Reflected self-appraisal suggests that individual functioning is related to the fit between characteristics and norms of their primary contexts. To apply this social psychological concept study obesity, we hypothesized adolescents at risk obesity would have lower academic achievement overall than other students, especially in schools which weight status was most likely elicit negative evaluations. Multi-level modeling nationally representative data revealed longitudinal association stronger...
Of women in the labor force, it is mothers with children at home whose numbers have grown fastest recent decades. In 1987, 71% of husbands present household and between ages 6 17 years 57% those under were employed. 1973 (roughly year students this study born), figures only 50% 33%, respectively (U.S. Department Labor, 1989). The research on effects maternal employment child indicate mixed results. a review children's achievement for National Academy Sciences, Heyns (1982) concluded that...
To better understand the social factors that influence diverse pathways to family formation young adults experience today, this research investigates association between opposite‐gender relationships during late adolescence and union in early adulthood. Using data from first third waves of Add Health ( n = 4,911), we show that, for both men women, there is continuity adolescent adult relationship experiences. Those involved romantic at end high school are more likely marry cohabit Moreover,...
The disproportionate identification of learning disabilities among certain sociodemographic subgroups, typically groups that are already disadvantaged, is perceived as a persistent problem within the education system. academic and social experiences students who misidentified with disability may be severely restricted, whereas never identified less likely to receive accommodations modifications necessary learn at their maximum potential. authors use Education Longitudinal Study 2002 describe...
This study uses information from both teachers and students to explore how the perceptions of each other's investment in relationship affects productivity relationship. Using National Longitudinal Study 1988 (NELS), I analyze conditions academic consequences students’investment with school. find that teachers’perceptions student puts forth effort students’perceptions are caring weakly associated mathematics achievement for most students. For who judged by their as at risk dropping out high...
The 1974 Lau decision requires that U.S. public schools ensure a meaningful education for students learning English. English as Second Language (ESL) placement is an institutional response to the linguistic needs of these students; however, its academic implications remain largely unexplored. Using nationally representative data from Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS), effects ESL on college preparatory course enrollment and achievement language minority are estimated, first with fixed...
This study explores whether the interplay of health problems and school environment predicts academic failure, an individual event with consequences for life course, as well society at large. exploration proceeds in three steps: 1) we examine physical mental are risk factor during secondary school; 2) investigate mechanisms underlying this status; 3) explore status varies by context. A series logistic regressions reveals that self-rated emotional distress both associated greater likelihood...
This article examines the role of friends in girls' and boys' advanced course taking explores whether friends' characteristics are particularly important for math science attainment. With use data from Adolescent Health Academic Achievement National Longitudinal Study Heath, results indicate that same-sex academic performance significantly predicts all subjects girls, but not boys. Furthermore, only, effects greater context a predominantly female friendship group, which suggests such groups...
Although research on social embeddedness and capital con-firms the value of friendship networks, little has been written about how relations form are structured by institutions. Using data from Adolescent Health Academic Achievement study National Longitudinal Study Health, authors show that odds a new nomination were 1.77 times greater within clusters high school students taking courses together than between them. The estimated effect cannot be attributed to exposure peers in similar grade...
Journal Article Adolescent Same-Sex Attraction and Academic Outcomes: The Role of School Attachment Engagement Get access Jennifer Pearson, Pearson University Texas at Austin Direct all correspondence to: Population Research Center, Austin, 1 Station G1800, TX 78712. E-mail: jpearson@pre.utexas.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford PubMed Google Scholar Chandra Muller, Muller Lindsey Wilkinson Social Problems, Volume 54, Issue 4, November 2007, Pages 523–542,...
We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement to estimate how parents' union dissolution influences changes in adolescents' mathematics course work gains, overall grade point average, failure rates during a window approximately 1 year (N = 2,629). A primary purpose this study is demonstrating utility propensity score matching techniques for studying topics such as ours that pose methodological challenges dealing with endogeneity selection...
Here we evaluate the potential for growth mindset interventions (which teach students that intellectual abilities can be developed) to inspire adolescents "learners"-that is, seek out challenging learning experiences.In a previous analysis, U.S. National Study of Learning Mindsets (NSLM) showed could improve grades lowerachieving adolescents, and, in an exploratory increase enrollment advanced math courses across achievement levels.Yet importance being "learner" today's global economy...
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to determine what aspects parental involvement are related sexual initiation, whether explains association between family structure and debut, these relationships differ among boys girls or non-Latino/a white, African American, Latino/a adolescents. Results indicate that young women white adolescents, four involvement—shared dinnertime, participation in shared activities, relationship quality, communication about...
Girls have caught up with boys in math course taking high school but reasons for still differ by gender. This study, therefore, investigated gender differences the linkage between peer relations and applying multilevel modeling to a nationally representative data set that includes networks transcripts ( N = 6,457 American 9th 11th graders, aged 13–19). For all adolescents, was associated achievement of their close friends and, lesser extent, coursemates. These associations tended be stronger...
Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and multi-level modeling, we examine role social comparison with schoolmates in adolescent girls’ weight control. Specifically, focus on how own control is influenced by body sizes weight-control behaviors their schoolmates. Our findings suggest that comparisons similar others (in this case, girls a size) appear to have strongest association individual reports trying lose weight. For example, odds an overweight girl engaged increase...
Placement of some students into the courses needed only for high school graduation and others those that prepare them college constitutes academic stratification. This study uses data from Education Longitudinal Study 2002 to investigate whether labeled with learning disabilities complete fewer by end compared their peers who are not labeled. Results indicate large disparities in completion preparatory coursework, especially math, science, foreign language, even net students’ preparation...
Since the 1980s, major U.S. corporations have embraced diversity as a management strategy to increase number of women in top jobs. Diversity programs include targeted recruitment, hiring, and promotions policies; mentoring programs; affinity groups; training. Few these proven effective achieving gender corporate world, despite their widespread popularity. To explore reasons for this, authors investigate experiences scientists oil gas industry who are by programs. In-depth interviews reveal...