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A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Cannabis, Opiates, Cocaine, Heroin, or Other Illegal Drug Use and Student Academic and Behavioral Outcomes
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2022
The meta-analysis, that included 75 studies, examined the relationship between illegal drug consumption, on the one hand, and student academic and behavioral outcomes, on the other, for the middle school to college grade levels. The meta-analysis first (research question #1) addressed whether there is a statistically significant relationship…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, College Students, Drug Use
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship between Character Education and Student Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2019
An extensive meta-analysis, including 52 studies, was undertaken on the relationship between character education and student achievement and behavioral outcomes. Additional analyses were done to determine whether the effects of character education differed by student grade level, locale, race, and so on. The results indicated that character…
Descriptors: Values Education, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Student Improvement
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Latino Student Outcomes
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2017
This meta-analysis of 28 studies examines the relationship between parental involvement and the academic achievement and school behavior of Latino pre-kindergarten-college-age children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and specific categories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Parent Participation, Hispanic Americans, Outcomes of Education
The Relationship between Bible Literacy and Academic Achievement and School Behavior
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2009
This study assessed the relationship between Bible literacy among secondary school students and their academic achievement and school behavior. One hundred and forty students in the 7th to 12th grade were randomly selected from a Christian school. Four measures of Bible knowledge were combined to obtain an overall measure of Bible literacy. They…
Descriptors: Relationship, Biblical Literature, Knowledge Level, Academic Achievement
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Phonics Instruction and Minority Elementary School Student Academic Achievement
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2008
This meta-analysis of 22 studies examines the relationship between phonics and the academic achievement of urban minority elementary school children. Further analyses distinguish between those studies that are of higher quality than the others and those studies that examine all minority students and mostly minority students. Results indicate a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Phonics, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Children
The Relationship between Urban Students Attending Religious Revival Services and Academic and Social Outcomes
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2005
This study examines the effects of attending religious revival services on the educational and behavioral outcomes of urban students. Specifically, the influence of attending the most recognized revival of the past decade is analyzed. Urban student attendees from throughout the United States attend, are surveyed, and then are randomly selected to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Quality of Life, Family Life, Control Groups
The Effects of Religious Commitment on the Academic Achievement of Urban and Other Children.
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Using data from the 1992 National Education Longitudinal Survey, this study examined the effects of student religious commitment on academic achievement. Results indicate that very religious urban and non-urban children performed better on most academic measures than their less religious counterparts, even when controlling for race, gender, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Children, Public Schools
A Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Parental Involvement on Minority Children's Academic Achievement.
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Conducted a meta-analysis of 21 studies to determine the impact of parental involvement on minority students' academic achievement. The impact of parental involvement was significant for all minority groups studied. Also for all groups, parental involvement affected all academic variables by at least two tenths of a standard deviation unit.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Attending Religious Schools and Religiosity on Black and Hispanic Academic Achievement.
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2002
Investigated the effects of religious schooling and personal religious commitment on African American and Hispanic students' academic achievement. Analysis of data from 15 studies indicated that religious schooling and religiosity each had a positive impact on academic achievement and school-related behavior. The effect sizes that emerged for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students