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Cohen, Rosetta Marantz; Kosler, Joseph – 1991
This survey of 316 Precalculus, Calculus AB, and Calculus BC students from markedly different socioeconomic levels in four district high schools in San Antonio, Texas, looked at factors that have traditionally caused women to avoid mathematics, and attempted to discover which of them continue to influence women's decisions to reject the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Calculus, Enrollment, Females
Eller, Vercie M.; And Others – 1991
In an effort to prevent the further spread of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infections, and to minimize unwarranted fear about HIV transmission, as well as the subtle and overt limitation of people's rights resulting from this fear, the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges developed a course entitled "Preventing AIDS (Acquired…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Civil Liberties, Community Colleges, Community Programs
Community Coll. General Education Association, Utica, NY. – 1989
This conference addressed the themes of faculty development in the liberal arts and business careers; class, race, ethnicity, and gender; the canon and conflict of change; and critical thinking, critical writing, and critical living. Following an introduction by Roberta S. Matthews, this collection of conference proceedings contains the following…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Critical Thinking
Federal Regional Resource Center, Lexington, KY. – 1991
For a project designed to increase understanding of cultural diversity in the United States as a preliminary to meeting the educational needs of all the country's children, 42 professionals and parents were asked to identify the critical issues in the education of children from minority backgrounds. Over 200 issues were identified in 8 areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Austin, Kitty – 1980
Guidelines and activities to assist Iowa secondary school language arts teachers in integrating state-mandated nonsexist, multicultural education can be adapted by teachers in all states. Course descriptions are provided for four courses: a freshman core literature course, introduction to the novel, great books, and mass communication. Several…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Policy
Weber, Warren K., Comp. – 1980
Designed to help Iowa teachers implement the multicultural, nonsexist education mandated by state law, this resource book contains over 100 social studies activities for use in primary, intermediate, and junior high level classes. Exercises for each grade level focus on self, family, neighborhood, community, state, and nation. Primary grade group…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Ethnic Studies
Baldwin, Jill, Comp.; Kielbaso, Gloria, Comp. – 1990
This manual contains nine learning modules on sex equity topics contributed by state sex equity personnel from Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, New York, Nevada, and Virginia. Each module provides one or more lesson plans for learning activities that combat traditional sex role stereotypes and behaviors. Information is…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Comparable Worth
Noble, Christopher S.; And Others – 1986
The relationship between item omission and item position on criterion-referenced tests in the Texas state assessment program is examined. Item statistics from the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) and Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) mathematics and reading tests from 1983 through 1985 are examined for three ethnic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Criterion Referenced Tests, Ethnic Groups
So, Alvin Y. – 1985
Written in the social context of the United States in the 1980s and based on information about Hispanic students, parents, teachers, and schools contained in the national High School and Beyond data set, this book addresses critical issues regarding the status of Hispanic education of interest to Hispanics, policymakers, and academicians. Part I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Bias, Cultural Influences
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Rogers, H. Jane – 1986
This report was designed to respond to two major methodological shortcomings in the item bias literature: (1) misfitting test models; and (2) the use of significance tests. Specifically, the goals of the research were to describe a newly developed method known as the "plot method" for identifying potentially biased test items and to…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Culture Fair Tests, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics)
Jess, James D. – 1984
Although rural America and rural education have a traditional heritage of diversity, collectively rural schools share several unique features. Most rural school districts are small, they are sparsely populated, they are likely to be isolated from any major urban center, and they are both an extension and a reflection of the community they serve.…
Descriptors: Bias, Community Involvement, Consolidated Schools, Educational Equity (Finance)
Olivas, Michael A., Ed. – 1986
The condition of higher education for Hispanic Americans and Latin Americans is addressed in 12 papers from the 1983 Conference on Latino College Students. Attention is directed to the transition from high school to college, Hispanic student achievement, and economics and stratification. In addition to forewords by Gregory R. Anrig and Arturo…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Admission
Bogart, Karen – 1984
Nearly 150 exemplary programs and policies at colleges and associations that promote sex equity in postsecondary education are described that are also adaptable to other settings. Thirteen short essays on the basics of change are also presented. The sex equity programs included those directed to students and staff, those designed to improve the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, College Admission, College Environment
Perez-Erdelyi, Mireya – 1986
In an effort to sensitize college students of Spanish for the professions to the values and social reality of the Hispanic world, one teacher used a combination of demographic information and Hispanic American literature. Information on the geographic distribution and characteristics of Hispanic groups in the United States was provided as a…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Hispanic American Culture, Hispanic American Literature
Lam, Tony C. M. – 1988
The National Commission on Testing and Public Policy is conducting a 3-year policy-oriented investigation of the role of tests, especially standardized, norm-referenced tests, in the allocation of educational, training, and employment opportunities in the United States today. This document reports on the first hearing, which focused on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Educational Assessment
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