Search results for "Course"

Children's poor academic performance evokes parental homework assistance-but does it help?

2012

This study investigated the longitudinal associations between type of parental homework assistance and children’s academic performance during grade 1 and grade 2. The reading and math skills of 2,261 children were measured three times during grade 1 and grade 2, and the children’s mothers and fathers filled in questionnaires on the type of homework assistance they engaged in. The results showed that the worse reading and math skills children showed at the beginning of grade 1 and grade 2, the more monitoring and helping with homework parents reported later on. The results suggest, overall, that children’s academic performance has an “evocative impact” on their parents’ behavior.

A Comparison of Dyadic and Social Network Assessments of Peer Influence.

2021

The present study compares two methods for assessing peer influence: the longitudinal actor–partner interdependence model (L-APIM) and the longitudinal social network analysis (L-SNA) Model. The data were drawn from 1,995 (49% girls and 51% boys) third grade students ( Mage= 9.68 years). From this sample, L-APIM ( n = 206 indistinguishable dyads and n = 187 distinguishable dyads) and L-SNA ( n = 1,024 total network members) subsamples were created. Students completed peer nominations and objective assessments of mathematical reasoning in the spring of the third and fourth grades. Patterns of statistical significance differed across analyses. Stable distinguishable and indistinguishable L-AP…

Social construction of quality in software development

2011

Child personality characteristics and selection into long-term unemployment in Finnish and Swedish longitudinal samples

2003

The main aim of the present study was to test a model of selection into long-term unemployment obtained for a sample of 36-year-old Finns (Kokko, Pulkkinen, & Puustinen, 2000) to see whether it similarly explained long-term unemployment among 26- to 27-year-old Finns and Swedes. The participants were drawn from two ongoing longitudinal studies: the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (conducted in Finland) and the Individual Development and Adaptation study (conducted in Sweden). At both ages, that is 36 and 26–27, low education was related to long-term unemployment, and explained by personality characteristics in middle childhood, such as low self-contro…

Lingvistiskās pazīmes tvītos

2018

Mūsdienās, gan personiskajā, gan profesionālajā dzīvē liela nozīme ir komunikācijas prasmēm. Dažādas sociālās platformas kā, piemēram, Tviters sniedz iespēju komunicēt efektīvak, dalīties ar nozīmīgu informāciju un publiski izteikt savu viedokli. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt lingvistiskās iezīmes, kas raksturo tvītus. Kā pētījuma objekts tika izvēlēti politiķa ASV prezidenta Donalda Trampa tvīti. Pētījuma materiāli sastāvēja no 100 nejauši izvēlētiem tvītiem. Tika pielietotas divas pētījuma metodes – diskursa analīze un vārdu biežuma analīze. Diskursa analīzes metode tika pielietota ar mērķi noteikt Donalda Trampa valodas lietojuma paradumus. Savukārt, vārdu biežuma analīzes metode ļāv…

A beautiful flourish. The foundation story of Wroclaw (and Wroclaw residents)

2020

In the article, I present the content and the context of the foundation story of Wroclaw – created after 1945 in one of the largest and most destroyed cities which joined Poland after World War II (Polish Western and Northern Territories). The analyzed empirical material consists of personal documents – statements of Wroclaw residents written and submitted in 1966 for the competition entitled: “What does the city of Wrocław mean to you”. The most important element of this story about the creation of the city is the figure of a pioneer, shaped in the image of a mythical hero. The features of pioneers (such as courage, uncompromising love for the city and openness to others) have become an im…

Theoretical Approaches to Critique

2016

Higher Education from a Longitudinal and Life Course Perspective

2015

International audience; This symposium brings together scholars from across Canada, Europe, and the United States to explore how longitudinal and life course research can be used to study higher education. Highlighting both qualitative and quantitative research, we will explore aspects of social reproduction, inequality, stratification, wellbeing, and school-to-work transitions.

Masculinity ideology and psychological strain: Considering men’s social stressors in female-dominated occupations

2015

According to the gender role strain paradigm (GRSP), men's adherence to masculinity ideology could result in dysfunction strain when it becomes incompatible with other role demands. To support the relevance of GRSP in the work context, we explored the relationship between masculinity ideology and st

Children with their dreams – what kind of reveries are accepted in school context?

2011

The media and the contemporary consumer culture are central categories in modern childhood. They have opened new kinds of experiences and learning situations for children. In this article we are interested in the role of the media and consumption in schoolchildren's daily life. The data consist of writings and drawings of 7–12-year-old schoolchildren. Children have told us about their dreams, social worlds and doings in the mediated world. By asking children about all these things we are most likely able to find out how modern childhood and the learning situations in the class are influenced by the media and consumer goods. It is important to analyse children's experiences in the virtual en…