Sentences with phrase «significant differences in education»

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Even though the current Millennials ages 25 to 32 are better educated than the generations of young adults who preceded them, 14 the survey found only one significant generational difference in the overall perceived value of their education in preparing them for a job and career — some 41 % of Millennials ages 25 to 32, 45 % of Gen Xers and 47 % of Baby Boomers say their schooling was «very useful» in getting them ready to enter the labor force.

Based on education levels, there wasn't a significant difference in homeownership plans among respondents, with 81 percent of those who attended college planning to purchase a home and 80 percent of non-college educated respondents having similar plans.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

Dennis, in 1962, found no significant difference between the audience and non-audience of religious programs up to the high - school level of education.

There were no significant differences between the 12 test groups in the proportions of main vs. joint household grocery purchasing responsibility (F11, 789 = 1.5, p > 0.05), gender (F11, 789 = 0.6, p > 0.05), age group (F11, 789 = 0.5, p > 0.05), education level (F11, 789 = 1.0, p > 0.05) or household income (F11, 789 = 0.9, p > 0.05), indicating that randomization to test groups was successful.

However, there was no significant difference in level of education between the three study groups.

The analysis of the socio - demographic, prenatal and natal parameters of mothers and newborns in the intervention group and control group (Table 1) did not reveal any statistically significant differences in terms of age, living area, education level, mother's profession, number of children, medical follow - up, number of prenatal visits, Apgar score and birth weight.

Recognizing the significant difference that this could make in and to our nation, Ghana has launched a campaign, under the auspices of UNICEF, to end child marriage in our nation by focusing not only on getting young girls in school but also on keeping them there their education is complete.

In contrast to Kenya, there was no significant difference between the provision of education in more ethnically diverse areas and more homogenous oneIn contrast to Kenya, there was no significant difference between the provision of education in more ethnically diverse areas and more homogenous onein more ethnically diverse areas and more homogenous ones.

For example, Scotland has always had a separate education system, with significant differences from its counterpart in England.

In 2004, a study of 3000 children, funded by the UK Department of Education, showed that an extended period of play - based preschool education made a significant difference to learning and well - being through the primary schoEducation, showed that an extended period of play - based preschool education made a significant difference to learning and well - being through the primary schoeducation made a significant difference to learning and well - being through the primary school years.

«We did not see statistically significant differences between hatha yoga and a control group (health education) at 10 weeks, however, when we examined outcomes over a period of time including the three and six months after yoga classes ended, we found yoga was superior to health education in alleviating depression symptoms.»

Controlling for age, race, and ethnicity, education, marital status, and poverty, there were significant differences between pregnant and non-pregnant women in the relationship between health insurance and alcohol use and health insurance and tobacco use.

While the numerical differences between these groups appears to be small, they are statistically significant and, I believe, reflect important underlying issues in graduate education.

In a report of the study's findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 6, researchers compared professional pest management treatments plus education with education alone and found no significant differences in asthma symptoms or mouse allergen exposure between the two groupIn a report of the study's findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 6, researchers compared professional pest management treatments plus education with education alone and found no significant differences in asthma symptoms or mouse allergen exposure between the two groupin the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 6, researchers compared professional pest management treatments plus education with education alone and found no significant differences in asthma symptoms or mouse allergen exposure between the two groupin asthma symptoms or mouse allergen exposure between the two groups.

Possibly due to the relatively small sample size, there are no statistically significant differences in online dating use across race and ethnicity categories or education levels.

Chester E. Finn Jr.'s tiresome and laborious attempt to show that there are significant differences between President Clinton's education policies and those of former President George Bush («related story, 01/25/95) merely obscures the fact that Mr. Clinton's program basically follows through on the policies set by Mr. Bush and the governors at their famous education summit held in September 1989 at Charlottesville, Va..

A 2004 NCREL meta - analysis of 116 effect sizes from 14 web - delivered K — 12 distance - education programs between 1999 and 2004 found «no significant difference in performance between students who participated in online programs and those who were taught in face - to - face classrooms... in almost every comparison, students in distance education programs performed as well as students in classroom - based programs.»

Robinson also learned about how China manages its education system at scale and found significant differences in the implementation of education reforms in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Without controlling for other variables, black students are 2.6 percentage points more likely to be in special education than whites, though the difference is not statistically significant.

Education reformers thought that there is a significant difference in the pedagogic needs of pre-adolescent, early adolescent, and later adolescent children.

Using propensity - score matching and difference - in - differences estimates, the authors show that delaying vocational education had a positive and significant impact on student performance on the order of one standard deviation.

The study found significant differences in course placement correlated with students» ethnicity or parental education — potentially indicating teachers» unconscious bias in placement decisions.

Summary: This article shares how a town in New Hampshire became involved in a school improvement initiative and was able to make a significant difference in the quality of the education offered there.

Although there was no statistically significant difference on mean beginning level of regular education, special education, and at - risk students, results showed that upper - class special education males and ninth - grade at - risk females had the largest increase in mean ending level within the program.

HBCUs are making a significant difference in solving one of the most intractable problems in K - 12 education: how to recruit, retain, and develop teachers for high - need schools.

Still, the Education Northwest evaluation team gained valuable information from the study, including the lesson that it is possible to make a statistically significant difference in the reading achievement of struggling readers in a single year.

Attempting to show that even a well - managed school district can't close achievement gaps in student learning, McRae showed Fraisse data from the state Department of Education showing significant differences in test scores between African - American and Latino students and white students in some of the administrator's former school districts.

They sold Davidson & Associates in 1997 and decided to launch a significant philanthropic effort to continue their commitment to make a positive difference in education and to help all children be successful learners.

But when it comes to applying research to the classroom, it seems inadvisable to categorize students into more and more specialized groups on the basis of peripheral differences when education and cognitive sciences have made significant progress in describing the core competencies all students share.

In light of recent research by Sean Reardon and associates at Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis that achievement / opportunity gaps are due primarily to differences that occur before third grade, it is significant that school effectiveness can move the needle at the third - grade level.

• Differences with the private sector: Higher - education faculty members tend to be older, more educated, and have higher incomes than the working population as a whole, and the structural pension plan design differences in the higher - education sector also make a significant contribution to the better retirement outcomes expected Differences with the private sector: Higher - education faculty members tend to be older, more educated, and have higher incomes than the working population as a whole, and the structural pension plan design differences in the higher - education sector also make a significant contribution to the better retirement outcomes expected differences in the higher - education sector also make a significant contribution to the better retirement outcomes expected by faculty.

I am a fantastic teacher who has made a significant difference in my students» lives, and who is truly committed to education and research.

Experts in the industry say that education will make a significant difference.

-- There was no significant difference in likelihood of a pet being lost based on income or education

An intersectional view of difference would suggest that locating it in race alone discounts equally significant factors of class, gender, education, sexual identification, and labor.

Population average models were used to account for the longitudinal study design and correlation of repeated measurements, and an interaction term between maternal education (our socioeconomic measure) and age was included in order to examine whether differences in health inequalities by age were statistically significant.

Controlling for age at diagnosis and combined parental education, children in the intensive behavior analytic group demonstrated significant improvements in all areas assessed at follow - up, including an average IQ of 89 (41 - point improvement over baseline) and a 24 - point difference from the combined mean of the other intervention groups.

No significant differences were found regarding the subscales of SDQ or the Total Difficulties score, between parents with different marital status, or level of education (recoded into high or low to increase the power in the analyses), with two exceptions.

Chi - square analyses failed to reveal any significant differences between dropouts and completers in terms of gender, education level, or marital status, and a t test showed no significant differences in terms of age or years since the trauma.

The difference between the two cohorts for reading remained statistically significant after taking account of cohort differences in mother's education, household income and child's age in months.

The differences between the samples in terms of maternal education level and the number of stressful life events in the past 5 years were marginally significant, revealing trends of lower maternal educational levels (M = 3.3, SD = 1.5 vs. M = 3.8, SD = 1.5; F = 2.38, p <.10) and more stressful life events (M = 2.5, SD = 1.8 vs. M = 2.0, SD = 1.5; F = 2.43, p <.10) in the PPD sample.

No significant differences between groups of parents were found in most demographic variables (parents» age, level of education, place of residence, family income, child's age and gender).

Based on education levels, there wasn't a significant difference in homeownership plans among respondents, with 81 percent of those who attended college planning to purchase a home and 80 percent of non-college educated respondents having similar plans.