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Expanding A Validated Model: Effects And Antecedents Of Student Engagement, Barbara Nesbitt
Expanding A Validated Model: Effects And Antecedents Of Student Engagement, Barbara Nesbitt
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This study attempted to identify aspects of student engagement and capital inputs that impacted student achievement. The primary research question in the study asked: Does student engagement mediate the effects of capital inputs at the student, school, and class level to improve student achievement? The study also sought to understand how student engagement, capital inputs, and student achievement differed between White and African American students. This study used the 1990 and 1992 follow-up waves of the NELS:88 dataset. Two standardized scores defined student achievement: 12th grade reading and mathematics. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural …
Fairs And Other Exhibitions. Have We Really Thought This Through?, Donald J. Nicholson
Fairs And Other Exhibitions. Have We Really Thought This Through?, Donald J. Nicholson
The Journal of Extension
"The Fair" is deeply woven into the very DNA of Extension. Investment of time and other resources in fairs by Extension personnel makes it arguably the largest single program in all of Extension. Perhaps it is so much a part of our program that we seldom think to examine our involvement or evaluate why we do what we do in regard to our role(s) in conducting those events. This article questions the remarkable dearth of information regarding the actual value of the fair in regard to youth development as opposed to other means of fulfilling our mission.