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Marin, Barbara V.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1990
Surveys Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites on talking with relatives at risk of HIV infection. Hispanic respondents more willing to talk to hypothetical intravenous drug-using relative about AIDS prevention and more strongly believed advice would be taken. Hispanics more often pictured older family member as appropriate counselor. (TES)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Surveys, Cultural Differences, Disease Control
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Chinn, Pauline W. U. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Presents interviews with four minority women who were close to or had recently completed degrees in civil or mechanical engineering. Interviews reveal issues of class, race, and gender that affect school success in general and science success in particular. Makes recommendations for K-12 educators. Contains 36 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education
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Puidokas, Cammie Kim – English Education, 2000
Presents concerns of a middle school teacher regarding the possibility that programs designed to enhance teachers' cultural sensitivity might inadvertently serve to emphasize the differences between white teachers and their students of color. Relates how her students dealt with the use of racial epithets by other students. (NH)
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), English Teacher Education, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
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Child Development, 2000
Examined how child care experiences related to cognitive and language development from birth through age 3. Found that care quality was modestly related to cognitive and language outcomes, after adjusting for several factors. Cumulative experience in center-based care related to better outcomes than did experience in other care. Children in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Early Experience
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Wiley, Angela R.; Rose, Amanda J.; Burger, Lisa K.; Miller, Peggy J. – Child Development, 1998
Examined personal storytelling of European-American preschoolers from working- or middle-class families as a medium through which they construct autonomous selves. Found that children in both communities had extensive rights to speak of past experiences and limited rights to author experiences. Middle-class communities viewed expressing one's view…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Development
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Ladd, Gary W.; Burgess, Kim B. – Child Development, 2001
Examined how relational stressors and supports interface with aggression to influence early adjustment trajectories from Fall of kindergarten year to Spring of first grade. Found that with few exceptions, relational experiences predicted adjustment beyond children's aggressive risk status. Chronicity of aggressive risk status and relational…
Descriptors: Aggression, At Risk Persons, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment
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Holligan, Chris – Scottish Educational Review, 1999
Draws on Foucault to critically analyze interviews with Scottish preschool teachers. Suggests that, in contrast to preschool education's ideals of individual freedom and self-expression, greater governmentality and actual professional practices may lay the foundation for the production of governable subjects. Compares socialization,…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Conformity, Critical Theory, Discipline
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Sundell, Knut – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Investigated effects of program auspice (nonprofit versus profit child care), adult-to-child ratios, and class age span on teaching and on preschoolers' social and cognitive development. Found that age, gender, social background, and age span were significant predictors of children's social and cognitive development; adult-to-child ratio and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Caregiver Child Relationship, Cognitive Development
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Roopnarine, Jaipaul L.; Fouts, Hillary N.; Lamb, Michael E.; Lewis-Elligan, Tracey Y. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
African American mothers' and fathers' availability, caregiving, and social behaviors toward their infants in and around their homes were examined. Twenty lower, 21 middle, and 21 upper socioeconomic families and their 3- to 4-month-old infants were observed for 4 3-hr blocks between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on 4 different weekdays. With increasing…
Descriptors: African Americans, Family (Sociological Unit), Social Behavior, Socioeconomic Status
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Simpkins, Sandra D.; Ripke, Marika; Huston, Aletha C.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2005
Many organized out-of-school-time (OST) activities provide enriching opportunities for children to interact with peers, build cognitive skills, develop relationships with mentors, and explore a variety of talents and leisure pursuits. A growing set of findings suggests that youth participation in OST activities is associated with academic…
Descriptors: School Activities, After School Programs, Adolescents, Social Adjustment
Mangione, Melissa – 1995
Although many view computers purely as technological tools to be utilized in the classroom and workplace, attention has been drawn to the social differences computers perpetuate, including those of race, class, and gender. This paper focuses on gender and computing by examining recent analyses in regards to content, form, and usage concerns. The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Dyson, Anne Haas – 1993
What difference should sociocultural difference make in early literacy theory and practice? In response to this question, this paper argues that such differences should lead to a reconceptualization that highlights the social nature and cultural meaning of child literacy development. Drawing on a recent ethnographic study of child composing in an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Cultural Differences, Elementary School Students
Holz, Josephine R. – 1983
A study examined the role of the mass media in the development of people's conceptions about a neo-Nazi march planned for Skokie, Illinois, in 1978. The purpose of the study was to determine whether or not and in what respects different types of people had developed common conceptions about the event and what role the mass media played in that…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Communication Research
Fielding, Elaine L.; Taeuber, Karl – 1990
The movement of middle-class residents, especially blacks, out of inner-city neighborhoods has been hypothesized to contribute to the decay of the inner city and the growth of an underclass by increasing social isolation and depriving youth of role models. This study examines changes in patterns of racial and class segregation in the residential…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Momeni, Jamshid A., Ed. – 1986
Access to adequate housing is a strong indicator of inequality between whites and minority groups. Although the government has played an important role in the provision of housing for minorities through Federal Housing Acts, the recent trend is toward continuing discrimination in home rental and ownership. This book contains the following 11…
Descriptors: Access to Information, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
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