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Falk, Barbara, Ed.; Harris, Joy, Ed. – 1983
Papers presented at two institutes held in Australia to discuss multicultural education are presented. Topics discussed include demographic background of Australia, principles of Australian pluralism, problems and issues for teachers making decisions on curriculum, the educational experience of children of migrant origin, the objectives and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Comparative Education
Displaced Homemakers Network, Washington, DC. – 1985
This guide is intended to familiarize displaced homemakers with the provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The first part of the guide details the act's funding for the following areas: sex equity coordinator, single parents and homemakers, sex bias and stereotyping, adult training and retraining, employment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advocacy, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Freeman, Milton M. R. – 1977
Anthropology research should be relevant to public policy formation. If anthropologists continue to produce research which reflects a "detached observer" perspective, their studies will not enjoy widespread credibility. The use of policy-relevant anthropology (applied anthropology) will depend in large part on the efforts of anthropologists toward…
Descriptors: Accountability, Anthropology, Bias, Data Analysis
Schmeiser, Cynthia B.; Ferguson, Richard L. – 1976
The effects of test content reflecting black or white culture, on the performance of college-bound students of both races was examined. Eighty-five culture-specific items were developed for use in the English Usage and Social Studies Reading subtests of the ACT (American College Testing) Assessment Program. Items were administered as four separate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Achievement, Black Students, College Bound Students
van der Flier, Henk; Drenth, Pieter J. D. – 1977
The criterion-oriented problem of test bias and fairness in selection is compared to the construct-oriented problem of comparability of test scores in cross-cultural research. These problems are shown to have important similarities, and their studies may supplement each other. In a formulation of psychometric criteria for the comparability of test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
Weiss, David J., Ed. – 1977
This symposium consists of five papers and presents some recent developments in adaptive testing which have applications to several military testing problems. The overview, by James R. McBride, defines adaptive testing and discusses some of its item selection and scoring strategies. Item response theory, or item characteristic curve theory, is…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics
International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC. – 1980
Work in the lives of most Third World nation women is not a matter of equity and/or self-actualization. Rather, the changing economic roles and responsibilities of women make working a matter of economic survival. Despite the limitations of existing definitional and measurement problems related to data collection, regional data do exist which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Discriminatory Legislation
Cummins, Jim – 1980
Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are widely accepted as measures of academic potential. However, both hereditary and environmental factors also play a role in performance. The limitations of IQ tests require that they be handled differently when administered to students from backgrounds other than the dominant cultural group. In addition,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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LeVine, Elaine; Franco, Juan – 1980
To evaluate the significance of matching Hispanic "consumers" to Hispanic "experts," a series of three studies investigated counselor preferences among lower division Hispanic and Anglo students, students' preference for counselors' directive, non-directive, or neutral communication styles, and patterns in students'…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Measures, College Students, Communication Research
Dalton, Kathleen – 1979
Theodore Roosevelt's education is used as a case-study to illustrate how educators' informal messages influence students to stay in their social class. These messages can be transmitted either consciously or unconsciously, through tone of voice, body movement, facial expression, and unspoken expectations or assumptions. As the first social…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Assessment, Educational History
Haley, Frances; And Others – 1978
This handbook contains activities and resources designed to help school librarians identify, analyze, and select appropriate and useful ethnic studies materials. It is presented in four major sections. Section I examines ways of defining ethnic groups, presents sample census tables showing the social characteristics of residents by race for the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bias, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Roueche, John E.; And Others – 1979
Text and accompanying exercises are provided in this two-part learning module that was designed to acquaint instructors with techniques for influencing student attitudes. Part I defines five attitudinal concepts, beginning with those which are most resistant to being changed and then discussing those which are less resistant to change: (1) beliefs…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Beliefs
Thomas, Hollie B.; And Others – 1979
This report describes a research project which (1) assessed personal-social barriers to female entry into non-traditional jobs, (2) developed a treatment program to assist women in overcoming those barriers, and (3) determined program impact. A project overview, the first of four major sections, precedes a survey on barriers (section 2). Following…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Career Development, Career Education
Liggett, Twila Christensen; And Others – 1979
This resource book provides curriculum materials for increasing awareness of sex bias and promoting more positive attitudes and participation in sex-fair career education and counseling. The book provides information in four parts for facilitators (teachers, counselors, administrators, or parents) and learners (students, parents, school staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Women's Educational Equity Communications Network, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
This compilation of over 2,000 document resumes contains abstracts or annotations of materials relevant to women's educational equity which were entered into computerized data bases from January 1975 through December 1976. Covering material produced from about 1973 to 1976, the citations relate to one of six subject categories which were the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Career Choice, Career Development
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