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Burtner, Robert F.; Tincher, Wilbur A. – 1979
Problems experienced by nonresident students at Auburn University and areas in which they are receiving fewer opportunities for personal development, compared with residential students, were studied. Responses to a survey were obtained from 624 nonresident students and 223 resident students. Statistical data and a descriptive summary of the survey…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Commuting Students, Comparative Analysis
Katz, Elias – 1968
The discussion of a series of questions with case illustrations delineates the problems and possibilities of helping retarded adults become valuable, productive members of society. Among topics considered are the definition of retarded adults in the community, the need for concern, and community evaluation and needs of the retarded adult. Also…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Behavior Problems, Case Records
Graham, Milton D.; And Others – 1968
A study of 85 men with a service-connected disability of 70% or greater loss of vision was made from 10 Veterans' Administration clinics. Subjects were 20 to 64 years of age with a median of 46, 85% white, and 97% World War II and 3% Korean War veterans; 45% had taken advantage of the GI Bill for education, 64% were in the top half of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education
Miller, Richard I. – 1963
This is one of three volumes discussing in greater depth recommendations made in SCHOOLS FOR THE SIXTIES, which is the official report of the National Committee of the National Education Association (NEA) Project on Instruction. This volume centers on social forces and trends and their effects on education. Topics considered in the 10 chapters…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Economic Progress, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
Skinner, Kenneth A.; Hendricks, Glenn L. – 1977
On the premise that postsecondary institutions can respond adequately to the new Indochinese student population only if an accurate description of the students is provided, an ethnographic study of the refugee community's process of adaptation was undertaken. The social situations and experiences of the refugees are described, including their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Career Choice, College Students

Felner, Robert D.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
For a sample of 398 middle grade students in a rural area, found that youth from homes in which adults were employed in low-income occupations had lower levels of school achievement than other students and that youth from families in which neither parent had graduated from high school exhibited worse socioemotional and academic adjustment than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Educational Environment, Emotional Adjustment
Ey, Sydney; Hadley, Wendy; Allen, Deanna Nuttbrock; Palmer, Shawna; Klosky, James; Deptula, Daneen; Thomas, Jay; Cohen, Robert – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Optimism and pessimism are positive and negative expectations linked with well-being in adults. Research on the importance of optimism and pessimism in children is limited by the lack of a developmentally appropriate measure of children's expectations. Method: Based upon the Life Orientation Test-Revised (Scheier, Carver, & Bridges,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Measurement Techniques, Grade 6, Depression (Psychology)
Nemeth, Evalie; O'Connor-Meyer, Susan – 1994
A follow-up survey was conducted in St. Cloud, Minnesota, of 127 (from a total of 357 students) former special education students who left school between 1988 and 1992. Respondents, most of whom completed the survey by phone, were predominantly male (69 percent), and most (63 percent) had been classified as learning disabled, with 29 percent…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Community Services, Disabilities
Ninness, H. A. Chris; And Others – 1993
This book focuses on the development of principles and treatment procedures that enable special education teachers to teach students with behavior disorders how to control their own social and academic behavior in the school setting. Recommended treatment is largely based on a self-management and social skills training model. The first chapter…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavioral Science Research, Definitions, Educational Principles
Hurtado, Sylvia; And Others – 1994
This study explores the factors that affect Latino college student experiences in the first year of college and adjustment in the second year of study when many minority students dropout. The study examined data from five primary sources and focused on Latino college students who were semifinalists for a national scholarship award. The National…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Freshmen, College Sophomores
Trent, William T.; McPartland, James M. – 1982
This report examines the role of schools and "outside" social and economic influences in young people's lives, focusing particularly on the impact that participation in extracurricular activities has on racial tensions and students' self-images. It is based on data collected from a national sample of tenth graders in the 1980 "High…
Descriptors: Athletics, Black Students, Extracurricular Activities, Grade 10
Kelker, Katharin; Hagen, Michael – 1986
This self-teaching workbook is designed to provide parents of developmentally disabled adolescents with basic information about the transition of severely handicapped youth from secondary school into community living. An initial parent quiz is followed by six chapters which address the following topics: (1) "What Is Transition?"; (2)…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Coping, Daily Living Skills
Pawelski, Christine E., Ed. – 1986
Designed for small-group inservice training at a Connecticut state school, the working manual offers a philosophical framework and a collection of practical ideas and techniques for educators working with severely disabled, multihandicapped persons toward the ultimate goal of community integration. Chapters have the following titles and emphases:…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives, Class Organization
Foster, Susan – 1987
Twenty-five graduates of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf were interviewed concerning their mainstream and residential school experiences. Respondents had an average age of 27 at the time of the interviews. Topics of discussion included classroom experiences, social interactions with other students, and participation in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Deafness, Educational Experience, Educational Quality
Chafe, Doug – 1984
Reviewing research on grade retention, this paper describes tools and guidelines developed as an aid in retention decisions and examines actual promotion/retention policies and practices. Most research on academic and social effects of grade retention suffers from poor methodology, leaving the conclusions suspect and the results contradictory. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education