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Miranda, Susan Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2008
A mixed methods approach was used to identify factors that influence the underrepresentation of Latinos in the domain of science. The researcher investigated the role of family influences, academic preparation, and personal motivations to determine science-related career choices by Latinos. Binary logistic regression analyses were conducted using…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Longitudinal Studies, Mixed Methods Research, Disproportionate Representation
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Graffam, Ben – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2003
For teaching gifted and other high-ability learners, the idea that understanding is more significant than knowing is nearly a no-brainer. Teachers are continuously looking for ways to raise the intellectual bar through classroom challenges that push these learners to extend beyond the factual knowledge base that is often the measuring stick of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Photography, Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs
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Hartman, Pamela – Research in the Teaching of English, 2006
Drawing on data gathered during a seven-month study of the literacy practices of a group of White, working-class girls who have successfully navigated their high school's English curriculum, this ethnography investigates (1) how gender and class influenced the girls' uses of literacy in the classroom and (2) how the girls used texts from English…
Descriptors: Females, English Curriculum, Goal Orientation, Ethnography
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Horn, Stacey S. – Cognitive Development, 2006
Reports on the school climate for gay and lesbian students in the United States suggest that negative attitudes toward gay and lesbian individuals are quite common in adolescence. Very little research, however, has investigated adolescents' sexual prejudice from a developmental perspective. In this study, 10th- (N = 119) and 12th- (N = 145) grade…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Adolescents, Young Adults, Beliefs
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Gonzalez, Ana-Lisa; Wolters, Christopher A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
In this study, perceived parenting styles and parental involvement were examined to determine if they predicted student motivation. The two views of motivation examined included achievement goal theory and self-determination theory. Algebra I students (N = 140) in a Southeast Texas public high school completed self-report surveys. Multivariate…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parenting Styles
Nathan, Linda – Principal Leadership, 2005
The evaluation and professional development of teachers and administrators are two sides of the same coin. Both are the essential currency schools have to improve teachers' practice and students' learning, but schools often spend this currency unwisely. Too often, evaluations are a source of tension and conflict, even a necessary evil.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Faculty Development, Educational Change, Teacher Evaluation
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Pace, Nicholas J. – Rural Educator, 2004
This case study details the events surrounding a gay student's "coming out" in a small, rural high school. Through the eyes and experiences of the student, his teachers, classmates, and community, we hear the story of how the school and community dealt with an issue they had never before actively considered. Through qualitative interviews, the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Principals
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Godley, Amanda – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2006
This article demonstrates how literacy practices in an 11th grade, urban, English classroom in the United States worked to delineate and patrol gender borders between acceptable masculine and feminine social practices. Drawing upon Blackburn's (2005) and Thorne's (1993) studies of the gendered boundaries that are created and questioned in literacy…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Sexual Orientation, Literacy, Grade 11
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Ryken, Amy E. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2006
This study analyzes urban youths' career decision-making in a career and technical education program that provided work-based learning experiences and a pathway linking high school, community college, and work in biotechnology laboratories. The program provided work experiences not generally available to adolescents, and enabled students…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Technical Education, Biotechnology, Education Work Relationship
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2003
This student handbook helps students in grades 6 and 7 to prepare for high school and college. It urges them to plan now so that they can get on the right track and take the classes they need. The handbook encourages these students to discover their strengths, weaknesses, interests, and abilities to learn how they can prepare them for their…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Educational Planning, Career Planning
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Furney, Katharine Shepherd; Aiken, Judith; Hasazi, Susan; Clark/Keefe, Kelly – Journal of School Leadership, 2005
A policy implementation study was undertaken in 65 schools in order to explore practices and outcomes related to state policies requiring schools to establish comprehensive educational support systems and teams. The purpose of these systems and teams was to enhance the capacity of schools to support students with diverse needs in general education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Planning
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Smith, Lorraine; Sinclair, Kenneth E. – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2005
This exploratory study examined the range of gender-based achievement motivation patterns evident in a group of Australian final year high school students. Single, dual and multiple goal complexes were compared, enabling an evaluation of the relative impact of each of the goals on these patterns, as well as their relationships with academic…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Achievement Need
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Rutter, Philip A.; Leech, Nancy L. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006
This qualitative study explored the experiences of five gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents' perspectives on their schools' acceptance of their sexual orientation, and perceptions of these schools' approach to suicide risk intervention. Focus groups were tape recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through constant comparative analysis. Themes that…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Suicide, Sexual Orientation
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Taylor, Alison – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
This paper explores the challenges of partnership through an examination of a high school apprenticeship program in carpentry in Ontario, Canada. Focusing on the relationships between schools, trainers, employers and government, challenges relate to the ability to coordinate the program across institutions, achieve agreement on goals, gain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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Burnell, Beverly A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
Twenty-six work-bound, college-able, rural high school seniors were interviewed regarding their post-high-school aspirations, their views of the transitions associated with leaving high school, and the processes by which they came to think of themselves as work-bound. One of several emergent themes is presented: students' perspectives of the real…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Rural Education, High School Graduates, Work Attitudes
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