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Farmer, Thomas W.; Leung, Man-Chi; Weiss, Margaret P.; Irvin, Matthew J.; Meece, Judith L.; Hutchins, Bryan C. – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study examined social network centrality (i.e., social salience, peer group linkages) and peer affiliations in 20 rural high schools across the United States. The total sample consisted of 1,672 students in Grades 9 to 12, including 164 students with disabilities (69 females). In comparison to their peers without disabilities, students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Peer Groups, Social Networks, Rural Schools
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Jones, Martin H.; Irvin, Matthew J.; Kibe, Grace W. – Journal of Negro Education, 2012
The study is one of few to examine how living in rural, suburban, or urban settings may alter factors supporting African Americans adolescents' math performance. The study examines the relationship of math self-concept and perceptions of friends' academic behaviors to African American students' math performance. Participants (N = 1,049) are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African American Students, Urban Schools, Self Concept