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Stone, Amy L. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2018
This paper is a content analysis of political flyers and messages developed by Religious Right campaigns between 1974 and 2013 to fight legislation supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. The analysis focuses on 16 campaigns in which Religious Right groups made claims about transgender adults and children. In…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Religious Factors, Christianity, Politics
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Bennett, Steve; Gotwals, Amelia Wenk – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
Science education reform documents call for students to learn science by engaging in inquiry and using science practices. One such science practice is constructing evidence-based explanations. Few students enter community college science classrooms having experience with, or being proficient in, using evidence to explain scientific phenomena.…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Laboratories
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Shaw, Ryan D. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2018
With the intent of improving understanding of cuts to elementary arts programs, the purpose of this research was to investigate how one urban school district (Lansing School District in Lansing, Michigan) eliminated its elementary arts specialists. Research questions were (1) What policy conditions enabled the Lansing School District's decision to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Decision Making, Case Studies
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Boothe, J. R.; Barnard, R. A.; Peterson, L. J.; Coppola, B. P. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
Use of peer instruction and facilitation has surged in undergraduate education at large colleges and universities in recent years. Studies on peer instruction have been directed primarily at student learning gains and affective outcomes among the facilitators. For peer instructors, the relationship between their teaching effectiveness and their…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching
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Ahmad, Jamal – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine Arab American parents' perceptions of difficulties their children experience in the USA. Both Arab American children born outside the USA who later moved to the country and children born in the USA to Arab parents were examined. Fifty Arab American families were interviewed in two areas in the State of…
Descriptors: Arabs, North Americans, Acculturation, Interviews
Ebert, Arthur Conrad – ProQuest LLC, 2017
School districts implement a variety of initiatives that too often fall short. This case study investigated how one public school district in southeastern Michigan implemented interest based-bargaining (IBB). The study also sought to understand the factors that influenced the decision-making process and what was considered when making…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Program Implementation, Negotiation Agreements