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Direct linkSafran, Stephen P. – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
Although numerous investigations have examined the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) in the general population, have special education identification rates of autism kept pace? From the 1992-1993 to 2001-2002 school years, U.S. Department of Education data indicate an increase from 15,580 to 97,904 students with autism, an expansion…
Descriptors: Autism, Disabilities, Special Education, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Kleinman, Jamie M.; Robins, Diana L.; Ventola, Pamela E.; Pandey, Juhi; Boorstein, Hilary C.; Esser, Emma L.; Wilson, Leandra B.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Sutera, Saasha; Verbalis, Alyssa D.; Barton, Marianne; Hodgson, Sarah; Green, James; Dumont-Mathieu, Thyde; Volkmar, Fred; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Klin, Ami; Fein, Deborah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often go undetected in toddlers. The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) was used to screen 3,793 children aged 16-30 months from low- and high-risk sources; screen positive cases were diagnostically evaluated. Re-screening was performed on 1,416 children aged 42-54 months. Time1 Positive Predictive…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Autism, Toddlers, Children
Advokat, Claire D.; Guidry, Devan; Martino, Leslie – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: The authors studied the relationship between a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), grade point average (GPA), and licit and illicit drug use. Participants and Methods: They obtained survey data from a convenience sample of undergraduates in a large southern public university. Results: Among 1,550 respondents,…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Narcotics, Hyperactivity, Drug Use
Bennett, Trevor; Holloway, Katy – Health Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the health problems and treatment needs of drug-misusing offenders and to draw out the implications of the findings for health education and prevention. Design/methodology/approach: This analysis is based on data collected as part of the New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
Vandeyar, Saloshna – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
This is an exploratory study on the nature and extent of racial integration in South African schools in the post-apartheid period. While there is vigilant media attention to occasional, dramatic incidents of racial conflict in white schools, there is very little research on the ways in which student identities are framed, challenged, asserted and…
Descriptors: Racial Integration, Racial Segregation, Cultural Pluralism, White Students
Grever, Maria; Haydn, Terry; Ribbens, Kees – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2008
The article presents the findings from a survey of over 400 young people in metropolitan areas in the Netherlands and England concerning their views on identity and school history. The research explored pupils' ideas about which facets of history were of interest to them, what history they believed should be taught in schools, and their views on…
Descriptors: Coding, Metropolitan Areas, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
Francis, Becky – Gender and Education, 2008
The notion that teachers' classroom behaviour and interaction with pupils may be predicted on the basis of their gender underpins recent controversial campaigns to recruit more male teachers in the UK. Teachers' performances of gender are explored in this article, which draws on three cases from a larger study to analyse the ways in which teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Correlation, Sexual Identity
Helen Murray – London Review of Education, 2008
This paper explores the politics of education in countries affected by conflict. Drawing particularly on the Palestinian experience, it looks at the power relations among internal and external actors that shape the curriculum-building process. In the increasingly politicised world of international aid, especially in the Middle East, it challenges…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Conflict
Fadde, Peter J. – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2009
This article introduces "expertise-based training" (XBT) as an instructional design theory that draws on the theories, findings, and methods of expertise research in order to create instructional strategies that can hasten the development of advanced learners into experts. The central tenants of XBT are: 1) Key cognitive sub-skills that…
Descriptors: Expertise, Training, Instructional Design, Skill Development
Download full textKnowles, Mariska; Nieuwenhuis, Jan; Smit, Brigitte – South African Journal of Education, 2009
In this article we argue that mothers often construct images of what they perceive as society's expectations of them. These images become the parameters in the eyes of society to which they aspire. This is reminiscent of the adage: "I am not who you think I am. I am not who I think I am. I am who I think you think I am". This study is…
Descriptors: Mothers, Women Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Cultural Influences
Brainard, Patricia Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This was a phenomenological study of racial privilege as experienced by White people who have struggled to become more racially aware and socially active in dismantling racism and White privilege. The primary conceptual framework for this study was Critical Race Theory with Transformative Learning theory and Racial Identity Development as…
Descriptors: Whites, Phenomenology, Consciousness Raising, Racial Bias
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2009
Each year the members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee identify recent research findings that made the most impact on the field. For the 2009 Summary of Advances, the IACC selected and summarized 20 studies that gave significant insight into the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the biology of the disorder, potential…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Research, Incidence
Lee, Joey J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Serious Games are digital games with an educational, informative, or persuasive goal beyond mere entertainment (Abt, 2002). They are promising because they often contain features that appear to be useful for learning (Squire, 2004), eliciting behavioral or attitudinal change (Yee, 2007) or encouraging new perspective taking, empathy, and new ways…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Individual Development, Identification (Psychology)
Gerstacker, Matthew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Throughout the course of human history, individuals have been forced to face a vast array of stressful situations. Each of these experiences and encounters required adequate management, if not to ensure survival, then to provide education or protection. Simultaneously, human beings were diversifying, establishing groups based on physical and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Public Colleges, Self Efficacy, Conflict
Li, Yan; Alfeld, Corinne; Kennedy, Rebecca Prince; Putallaz, Martha – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2009
Through their participation in a seventh-grade talent search in 1996-1997, students qualified to attend a summer program at Duke University's Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). of the North Carolina students in this group, some attended at least one summer program in middle school and others had qualified for but did not attend a summer…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Summer Programs, Talent, Educational Attainment
