Roosevelt University

About: Roosevelt University is a education organization based out in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Electron paramagnetic resonance & Population. The organization has 751 authors who have published 1482 publications receiving 44299 citations.

Role of governance on performance of microfinance institutions in Bangladesh

Abstract: Using a sample of sixty-eight microfinance institutions (MFIs) from Bangladesh, this study investigates the possible impact of various governance attributes on their financial performance. Our results show that powerful CEOs do have a positive impact on financial performance of MFIs, and that gender diversity in board can only have a positive impact when it is also augmented by gender diversity in management. However, the correlation between financial performance and board size was not statistically significant in our empirical analysis.

Communicating Care Across Culture and Language: The Student–teacher Relationship as a Site of Socialization in Public Schools

Abstract: Formal schooling is a site of cultural socialization where children are taught how to see their world and themselves. As teachers are a primary medium through which this socialization occurs, the p...

Preservice Elementary Teachers' Beliefs about Nature of Science and Constructivist Teaching in the Content-Specific Context.

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore how Korean preservice elementary teachers’ beliefs about nature of science (NOS) and their beliefs about constructivist teaching were structured and related and if any relation was prevalent in the content-specific contexts. As the same format, three versions of questionnaires were developed in three different science content topics, using episodes about rival theories in the history of science and students’ relevant alternative conceptions. The data analysis suggests that the content context can partially affect teachers’ beliefs about NOS and their beliefs about constructivist teaching. Additionally, no significant correlation between beliefs about NOS and constructivist teaching was found.