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Salinas, Jennifer J.; Shah, Manasi S.; Gay, Jennifer L.; Sexton, Ken; Nehme, Eileen; Mandell, Dorothy; Hoelscher, Deanna M. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2013
Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between county-level socioeconomic environment and the propensity to be overweight or obese by race/ethnic group in a sample of fourth grade children the Texas public school system. Methods: The data used come from the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) surveillance study -- a surveillance study of…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Body Composition, Body Weight
Lawson, Evelyn Roshonn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teacher attitude toward Black English and student achievement in reading. For this study, 61 teachers of reading or English/Language Arts in grades 3-6 were surveyed. These teachers, whose informed consent letters indicated a willingness to participate, were selected from 17…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Negative Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Reading Achievement