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Ethnicity And Academic Achievement By Malaysian Eighth Grade Students, Hui Peng Liew
Ethnicity And Academic Achievement By Malaysian Eighth Grade Students, Hui Peng Liew
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Malaysia’s preferential policies have reduced the educational attainment gap between ethnic groups. However, we know less about their effects on ethnic differences in academic achievement. With this point in mind, the overall goal of this study is to examine inter-ethnic differences in mathematics and science achievement based on the cohort of eighth grade (Form 2) Malaysian students who participated in the Third International Mathematics and Sciences Study Repeat Project (TIMMS-R). It sought to determine the extent to which theoretical propositions of the structural and cultural perspectives developed to explain achievement differences in the United States are applicable in Malaysia. Malaysia …
Student And Employer Perceptions Of Work-Based Learning In Rural Community Colleges In Mississippi, Shirley Ann King-Bailey
Student And Employer Perceptions Of Work-Based Learning In Rural Community Colleges In Mississippi, Shirley Ann King-Bailey
Theses and Dissertations
The general goal of work-based learning is to bridge the gap between the academic world and the labor market, providing those students with the skills they need to give employers the satisfaction they desire from well-trained, well-educated employees. Work-based learning, which includes work experience, structured training, and other workplace learning experiences appropriate to students’ career interests and linked to school curricula, provides the connection between students and employers. The sample consisted of 112 participants. 78 students and 34 employers involved in work-based learning at rural Mississippi community colleges specifically those students and employers involved in work-based learning hosted by Copiah …
Has The Education And Health Relationship Changed Over Time?A Panel Analysis Of Age, Period, And Cohort Effects, Wesley Lynn James
Has The Education And Health Relationship Changed Over Time?A Panel Analysis Of Age, Period, And Cohort Effects, Wesley Lynn James
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Two vital American social institutions, education and health care, are intimately related. The individual-level relationship between education and health is tenuous, changing over time, throughout the life course, and across generations. Previous research in this area does not separate the mediating effects of age, period, and cohort or assess the unique effects of various levels of educational attainment on health. Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this dissertation untangles these factors to find that education has become a more important predictor of health now than twenty years ago, education benefits health across the life course, and …