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Direct linkKauffman, James M.; Wiley, Andrew L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The report submitted by the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education includes faulty claims and reasoning that devalue special education and hinder efforts to better meet the needs of students with disabilities. We question the commission's findings and recommendations regarding closing the achievement gap, practicing prevention,…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Minority Group Children, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities
Atkinson, Stephen; Nixon, Helen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2005
In this paper we examine how the figure of the teenager is positioned within the discourses and practices of commercial online media. In particular, we explore how the popular, Australia-based web portal "ninemsn" works discursively to shape the identities of young people. Ninemsn not only constructs and circulates selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication
Download full textGayles, Jonathan – Multicultural Education, 2004
Some educators have developed teaching strategies to address issues of racism and discrimination in the classroom. Although these exercises are provocative and no doubt meaningful for students, they generally do not address the impact that racial group membership has on student response to provocative issues like affirmative action. In the…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Student Reaction, Ethnic Groups, Affirmative Action
Freedman, Debra M.; Bullock, Patricia L.; Duque, Genevieve S. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
In this paper the authors explore two pedagogical moments that occurred within a diversity-focused secondary teacher education course, giving specific attention to Genevieve's and Debra's reflections as course instructors. We explore the ways in which instructors find themselves challenged, engaged and provoked to rethink taken for granted ideas…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods
Miller, Kathleen E.; Hoffman, Joseph H.; Barnes, Grace M.; Farrell, Michael P.; Sabo, Don; Melnick, Merrill J. – Journal of Drug Education, 2003
Alcohol remains the drug of choice for many adolescents; however, the nature of the relationship between athletic involvement and alcohol misuse remains ambiguous. In this article, we used a longitudinal sample of over 600 Western New York adolescents and their families to explore the gender-specific and race-specific relationships between…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Social Problems, Athletics, Alcohol Abuse
Jorgenson, Olaf; Smolkovich, Greg E. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
This article presents a framework for school administrators developed by Mesa Unified School district used in identifying and assisting the subtly struggling adolescents. Mesa's "safety net" approach targets middle grades students in the midst of their formative, pre-high school experience. Here, it is stated that the first step to identify a…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Prevention, Middle School Students, High Risk Students
Bell, Jennifer A. – 1982
This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher educational learning packages, focuses on skills that vocational educators and other occupational trainers need to create learning environments that are accessible, accommodating, and equitable in meeting instructional needs of exceptional students. The purpose of the module is to give…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies
Online Submission, 2006
Factors that influence and predict academic success of ESL students were studied to assist the Ministry with decisions related to curriculum development, resource allocation, and support provision. The comprehensive nature of this study is unique in that it presents the state of affairs of K-12 ESL education in Alberta. Best practice information…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Resource Allocation, Elementary Secondary Education
Getz, Cheryl; Kirkley, Evelyn – College Student Journal, 2006
Prejudice and discrimination against lesbian, gay and bisexual students, faculty, and staff on college campuses is an important issue that demands attention. Intolerance for the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) community is often intensified by a lack of knowledge and understanding between heterosexuals and the LGB community, a problem that could…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Campuses, Homosexuality, Catholics
The Voice of Reason: A Qualitative Examination of Black Student Perceptions of Black Culture Centers
Patton, Lori D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
Black Culture Centers (BCCs) represent safe and welcoming spaces for Black students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Resulting from the Black Student Movement of the 1960s, BCCs have become institutional mainstays that provide services and programs to the entire campus community. This study examined Black students' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, African American Culture, African American Students, College Students
Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
Carter, Prudence L. – Sociology of Education, 2006
This article presents the results of an investigation of the following questions: How do low-income African American and Latino youths negotiate the boundaries between school and peer group contexts? Do variable forms of negotiation exist? If so, what are they, and how do they manifest? In addressing these questions, the author posits two…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Cross Cultural Studies
Pommerich, Mary – 1995
When tests contain few items, observed score may not be an accurate reflection of true score, and the Mantel Haenszel (MH) statistic may perform poorly in detecting differential item functioning. Applications of the MH procedure in such situations require an alternate strategy; one such strategy is to include background variables in the matching…
Descriptors: Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade 3, Identification
Hagin, Rosa A. – 1993
This pamphlet alerts school psychologists to the educational implications of Tourette Syndrome (TS) and provides information on: the nature of the disorder and its incidence, diagnostic criteria, etiology, treatment, and considerations in testing and classroom accommodations. TS is characterized as a complex neurobiological disorder with…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Consultants, Disability Identification, Educational Testing
Pitts, Raymond J., Jr.; Marchitell, Carolyn K. – 1995
This book illustrates techniques that families have found effective in coping with a family member who has mental retardation. It provides quotations and comments from a number of parents as well as anecdotal accounts and photographs, grouped into four sections. The first section is on the recognition process and recounts how parents have coped…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Rearing, Children
