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Todorov, Michelle; Galvin, Karyn; Punch, Renée; Klieve, Sharon; Rickards, Field – Deafness & Education International, 2022
Classroom engagement can be problematic for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH), but is essential to ensure that they can reach their best educational and postschool outcomes. This study used semi-structured interviews to explore the self-perceived barriers and facilitators to classroom engagement for 16 DHH students educated in…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Barriers, Students with Disabilities
Ong, Bao – Teaching Tolerance, 2011
Speak Truth To Power consists of 17 teacher-developed lessons based on the stories of rights advocates from all over the world. The lessons were created for sixth-through 12th-grade students, and have come to New York schools thanks to the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and the New York State United Teachers union. Speak…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Civil Rights, Advocacy, Foreign Countries
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Stigler, Melissa Harrell; Perry, Cheryl L.; Smolenski, Derek; Arora, Monika; Reddy, K. Srinath – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
This article presents the results of a mediation analysis of Project MYTRI (Mobilizing Youth for Tobacco Related Initiatives in India), a randomized, controlled trial of a multiple-component, school-based tobacco prevention program for sixth- to ninth-graders (n = 14,085) in Delhi and Chennai, India. A mediation analysis identifies "how"…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Attitudes, Smoking, Self Efficacy
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Brackenreed, Darlene – Exceptionality Education International, 2008
This case study investigated the impact of selected types of adaptive and assistive technology (AT) on the learning gains and academic achievement levels of a female student with mild disabilities in her sixth and seventh grades in a Catholic school board in northeastern Ontario. Interviews were conducted with the parent, student, and pre-service…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Mild Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries