Many college students abandon their goal of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) when confronted with challenging introductory-level science courses. In the U.S., this trend is more pronounced for underrepresented minority (URM) and first-generation (FG) students, and contributes to persisting racial and social-class achievement gaps in higher education. Previ...

This paper investigates the impact of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) on cognitive achievement. The SBP is a federal entitlement program that offers breakfast to any student, including free breakfast for any low-income student, who attends a school that participates in the program. To increase the availability of the SBP, many states mandate that schools participate in the program if the per...

The purpose of this study was to identify the problems online education perceived by learners in a time when non-face-to-face lectures are conducted due spread COVID-19, and suggest measures improve educational outcomes. Therefore, structural influence cooking practice on quality lessons, learning immersion, satisfaction, achievement felt verified. sample college student majoring cooking, total...

This meta-analysis of 69 studies (1,483 effect sizes) used random effects models to examine maternal employment during infancy/early childhood in relation to 2 major domains of child functioning: achievement and behavior problems. Analyses of studies that spanned 5 decades indicated that, with a few exceptions, early employment was not significantly associated with later achievement or internal...

Recent research has identified teacher quality as the most important variable in increasing student achievement. The effect of the teacher on student achievement has been shown to be greater than effects due to class size, school, and student socioeconomic status (Sanders & Horn, 1998). Yet proxies implemented by states and districts to determine teacher quality have been woefully inadequate. T...

Although several studies have shown that marijuana use can adversely affect academic achievement among adolescents, less research has focused on its impact on postsecondary educational outcomes. This study utilized data from a large longitudinal cohort study of college students to test the direct and indirect effects of marijuana use on college grade point average (GPA) and time to graduation, ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect Training and Teacher Competence on Learning Achievement Elementary School Students at UPTD Peusangan, Bireuen Regency. research conducted 180 elementary school teachers in Regency as respondents, results obtained were: hypothesis test indicate that there is a positive providing education training professional attitude classroom teachers, whi...

The present study investigated the effect of metacognitive ability and selective attention on academic achievement; whether influence a student’s achievement all these three variables vary across gender. Three hundred adolescents were selected conveniently purposively among which 150 females another males. Participant’s was measured by using Bangla translated version Metacognitive Skill Scale (...