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Howard, Brendan James – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The iPad and other mobile devices have become so popular over the past few years that many school districts are purchasing these devices and implementing them in the classroom with little to no research. Because there has been no previous research at one rural school district in Michigan, the primary purpose of this quantitative causal-comparative…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
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Whaley, Rachel Bridges; Hayes-Smith, Justin; Hayes-Smith, Rebecca – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
A gender gap in alcohol and drug use exists but is somewhat smaller than the gender gap in other forms of delinquency. This article extends studies that examine the gender-delinquency relationship to substance use in particular and estimate the extent to which major risk and protective factors mediate the association between gender and alcohol and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Delinquency
Ni, Yongmei – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2007
The empirical evidence about whom charter schools serve is extensive but inconclusive. Some studies conclude that America's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation's traditional public schools (TPS) (U.S. Department of Education, 2004). Other studies find charter students are not more…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, African American Students