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Commentary on "Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations"
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Long, Lori A. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
This is a commentary on the article, "Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations" by D. Scott Hermann, Jill R. Thurber, Kenneth Miles, and Gloria Gilbert in this issue (2011). This article addresses issues related to the compatibility of the suggested practices with contemporary…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Children, Case Studies, Cancer
Navigating Multiple Worlds in the Twenty-First Century: Authoring and Editing the Story of One Japanese Kid
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Damrow, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Since the middle of the twentieth century waves of immigration have increased heterogeneity in American classrooms and contributed to new challenges and problems for both teachers and learners. These trends in the United States are, in fact, part of a global phenomenon of large-scale movement of people (Garcia Coll & Marks, 2009;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Communities of Practice
Commentary on "Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations"
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Schmitt, Ara – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
This commentary pertains to the article, "Childhood Leukemia Survivors and Their Return to School: A Literature Review, Case Study, and Recommendations" by D. Scott Hermann, Jill R. Thurber, Kenneth Miles, and Gloria Gilbert in this issue (2011) regarding pediatric leukemia. The authors present a literature review regarding leukemia in…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Chronic Illness, Special Health Problems, Best Practices
Education and Social Crisis; Perspectives on Teaching Disadvantaged Youth.
Keach, Everett T., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1967
A collection of readings presents 49 papers published between 1959 and 1965. The volume is organized into three parts: (1) cultural values and family life of disadvantaged youth; (2) problems facing disadvantaged youth in the schools; and (3) programs and progress in meeting the educational needs of disadvantaged youth. Introductions by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
The Independent Student: Educational and Social-Psychological Characteristics; Inquiry Into Innovations Series, Research Report 3.
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Sokol, Alvin P.; Marshall, Jon C. – 1969
An investigation was conducted to determine the characteristics of independent (self-directing) students and those characteristics which differentiate independent from non-independent students. Each of the 35 teachers who had classroom contact with an 11th grade class of 525 was asked to name five students he felt best characterized…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, High School Students
Trauma of Sioux Indian High School Students.
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Wilson, Peggy – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1991
Ethnographically examines factors impacting academic performance of 23 Sioux Indian high school students in Canada during the transition from reservation elementary school to public high school. Factors affecting responses to environments without consideration of Indian culture are discussed in light of the withdrawal of 18 students from school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Canada Natives
The Adjustment of Jewish All-Day School Pupils Compared to that of Public Pupils.
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Willner, Eric – 1960
Four hypotheses are tested in this study: (1) that there is no significant difference between students in regard to the total number of stated problems of adjustment; (2) that there is no significant difference between the two groups in adjustment related to either health and physical development, school, home and family, money, work, the future,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Day Schools, Educational Environment