Background—The Iowa Department of Education undertook a study to determine district characteristics that are associated with success on statewide-standardized tests. A district profile was created for each Iowa public school district to determine if any association exists between a particular district’s characteristics and the test scores of 11th grade students. Contextual variables such as soc...

BACKGROUND The number of medical undergraduates taking part in Student Scientific Activities (SSA) at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Slovakia remains low. The aim of this study was to discover some of the factors responsible and suggest improvements. METHODS An anonymous 30-item questionnaire was devised and sent to 245 medical undergraduates (UG) of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd an...

Although the rise in subprime lending and the ensuing wave of foreclosures was partly a result of market forces that have been well-identified in the literature, in the United States it was also a highly racialized process. We argue that residential segregation created a unique niche of poor minority clients who were differentially marketed risky subprime loans that were in great demand for use...

The purpose of the article is to analyze experience forming competence bachelors' readiness work in a team. This characterized by ability student realize their role team and carry out social interaction, focus on cooperation with members. requirements for training modern bachelors who are capable continuous personal professional growth through effective collective reflected regulatory documents...

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the longitudinal effects of children’s temperament on maternal depression.Methods: Data from a cohort Panel Study Korean Children (PSKC) 2010 2012 were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling. The survey included 1,721 mother-child dyads. mothers reported their and depression. was measured by Emotionality, Activity Sociability-Temperament Survey for Chi...

The effectiveness of group learning in asynchronous distributed learning groups depends on the social interaction that takes place. This social interaction affects both cognitive and socioemotional processes that take place during learning, group forming, establishment of group structures, and group dynamics. Though now known to be important, this aspect is often ignored, denied or forgotten by...

M ass migrations of wildebeest, caribou, song birds, sting rays, and monarch butterflies are among the wonders of the natural world (Fig. 1). At a very different scale, the coordinated migration of cells within the body is central to embryological development, immune responses, and wound healing. Although the scale, functions, and mechanisms may differ, these examples share one key feature: the...