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Feldman-Summers, Shirley; Ashworth, Clark D. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Discusses a study conducted among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White women to: (1) identify the factors related to intention to report/not report a rape to various people; and (2) ascertain the usefulness of Fishbein's model of behavioral intentions, which consists of "perceived outcomes" and "perceived expectations" components,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Community Influence
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Tizard, B.; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1982
A study was made of the "cognitive demands" made of children during spontaneous conversations with their teachers at nursery school and their mothers at home. Teachers' talk contained a higher proportion of cognitive demands and "testing" demands than did mothers' talk; however, the hourly rate of these demands was higher in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
Robinson, Edward H. III, Ed. – Humanist Educator, 1981
Issues relating to multicultural education are addressed in seven articles including: (1) the development of cross-cultural competency and tolerance; (2) multicultural guidance; (3) multiethnic representation in reading materials; and (4) moral education in multicultural settings. (RC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity, Guidance
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Richards, Pamela – Social Problems, 1979
Analysis of self-report data from middle class adolescents shows that both peer relationships and elements of adult-child conflict affect the probability of vandalism. The strongest factors are peer-related, possibly because vandalism may be seen as a way of establishing positions within peer hierarchies. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Delinquency Causes, Middle Class
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Newcomb, Andrew F.; Collins, W. Andrew – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Comprehension, Conflict Resolution
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Jones, Enrico E. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Black adolescent girls of low socioeconomic status described themselves more favorably on the Adjective Check List than did Black and White middle-class adolescents. American and Jamaican Blacks described themselves similarly and differed similarly from White American conterparts, supporting the influence of a common cultural heritage for Blacks.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Phillips, C. J., Ed.; And Others – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
This lengthy study analyzed cognitive, behavioral, and family background variables in boys, age 6-7 and 10-11, from socially handicapped families. (Note: Page f. . .=fiche number.) (CP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Ability
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Christenson, James A. – Rural Sociology, 1979
Examination of the implications on population redistribution of different value orientations of potential migrants and nonmigrants indicated that value-based push-pull forces seem to operate primarily on potential nonmetro-to-metro movers. Potential areas of social conflict stemming from such redistribution were noted. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Migrants, Migration
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Eller, Rebecca G. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Analyzes the "deficit theory," which suggests that children from lower socioeconomic environments enter school without the linguistic resources needed for success. Suggests that teachers avoid labeling children as verbally inept when their language does not conform to the teacher's linguistic model. (MM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education, Family Environment
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Garnier, Maurice; And Others – American Journal of Sociology, 1989
Examines operation of demand models in mass education as opposed to elite secondary school systems in France between 1881 and 1975. Looks at role of supply in school expansion and effect of state policies on relative importance of different types of demand. Finds economic demand and state supply exert differing levels of influence on elite system…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational History, Educational Research, Educational Supply
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Sigmon, Scott B. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
The educational community needs to ensure that children have developed learning strategies before they are expected to develop subject or task proficiency. The low achievement of poor children is due to their lack of preparation. The stratification of American society is the major problem with education. (BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Lipson, Maxine – IRAL, 1994
Compared apology exchanges in Italy and the United States by having 10 Italian university students view American situation comedy television programs and rewrite particular conflict and apology exchanges in an Italian context. The status and role of the programs' participants affected the Italian students' choice of apology strategies more so than…
Descriptors: College Students, Comedy, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Vandrick, Stephanie – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Discusses the role of class and privilege in the education of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) international students in the United States, focusing on the application of critical pedagogy to empower students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and raise the social consciousness of students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. (contains 11…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Attitudes, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
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Stephen, Elizabeth Hervey; Bean, Frank D. – International Migration Review, 1992
Using 1980 and 1980 census data, tests hypotheses about the effects of adaptation, assimilation, and disruption on Mexican-origin women's fertility. Fertility declines with greater length of familial exposure to the United States, suggesting that fertility behavior of Mexican Americans will come to resemble that of the general population. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, Birth Rate, Census Figures
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Sadovnik, Alan R. – Sociology of Education, 1991
Presents Basil Bernstein's most recent model of pedagogic practice, connecting it to his theory of curriculum and pedagogy and to his overall structuralist sociological project. Points out unresolved questions in Bernstein's work. Demonstrates an area of applicative value in relation to the evolution of education in the United States. (NL)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Critical Theory, Educational History, Educational Policy
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