Large-scale environmental epidemiologic studies often rely on exposure estimates based on linkage to residential addresses. This approach, however, is limited by the lack of residential histories typically available for study participants. Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility of using address data from LexisNexis (a division of RELX, Inc., Dayton, Ohio), a commercially available credit...

a r t i c l e i n f o An increase in the educational achievement of girls at the same time that the number of female teachers in primary school education is rising has led to the discussion whether boys are disadvantaged by the lack of male teachers. The Netherlands Twin Register identified a unique sample of 100 12-year-old monozygotic twin pairs discordant and 396 boy–girl twin pairs concorda...

the present study is an investigation into the relationship between iranian efl teachers’ degree of creativity and language learners’ academic achievement. to this end, six female english teachers and 81 male and female advanced english learners from a private language institute were asked to take part in the study. data were collected through torrance test of creative thinking (ttct) and stude...

The present investigation was conducted to see the effect of gender of head teachers on the academic success of the school students in Bangladesh. A total of 60 head teachers (male = 37, female = 23) and 3776 students (boys = 2142, girls = 1634) were randomly selected from the schools in a divisional town in Bangladesh to serve as sample. Academic success records of the students in their Primar...

OBJECTIVES The research was aimed at searching for diversified models of female teachers' functioning that could be determined by their individual traits, psychological variables, and professional adaptation factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS Three hundred eleven female teachers aged from 26 to 60 were examined. The following tools were used in the research: The Hope Scale, NEO-FFI Inventory, IPSA...

The present study tested the prediction that male teachers are judged more harshly than female teachers for engaging in heterosexual intercourse with a student. One-hundred and eighty-seven adults (116 women, 71 men) evaluated a hypothetical newspaper article describing an alleged student-teacher relationship as part of a 2 (Gender Dyad: Male Teacher/Female Student or Female Teacher/Male Studen...

The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the Big five personality traits of prospective teachers at teacher education institutes of Punjab, Pakistan. To fulfill the purpose of the study, a sample of 100 B.ed level prospective teachers (60 Female & 40 Male) was taken from four public sector universities of Punjab, Pakistan. Twenty Five prospective teachers from each university were s...

It is mandated in the Constitution of Pakistan to enhance adult literacy and quality education at primary level through provide free and compulsory education to all children between the ages of 5-16 years. The year 2015 was the deadline for the participants of Dakar declaration [Education for All (EFA) commitment] including Pakistan but they fail to do so. Education related statistics coupled w...