Problems of Inner-City Schoolchildren: Needs Assessment by Nominal Group Process.

Gerdes, Karen E.; Benson, Rose Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ509690

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Problems of Inner-City Schoolchildren: Needs Assessment by Nominal Group Process.

Gerdes, Karen E.; Benson, Rose Ann

Social Work in Education, v17 n3 p139-47 Jul 1995

Explores the use of nominal group process to identify and rank problems faced by students in an inner-city school. Results showed that students identified concrete behavioral problems, such as pregnancy and disruptive behavior, whereas faculty and administrators identified more abstract problems, such as low self-esteem. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Groups, Needs Assessment, Nominal Group Technique, Student Attitudes, Student Needs, Student Problems, Teachers, Urban Schools, Youth Problems

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: "Multiculturalism."