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Peer reviewedChambers, Cynthia M. – Northern Review: A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Arts and Social Sciences of the North, 1994
Reviews research on Native education in northern Canada and Alaska, focusing on historical, cultural, and political contexts; student behavior, student evaluation, and academic achievement; cultural differences between Native students and White teachers; and government policies related to curriculum. Contains 68 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives
Raaum, Alfhild M. – 1978
Data for this study were gathered from primary sources (interviews, government records, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and tapes of programs), as well as secondary sources including the two reports "The Action Study of Educational Uses of Satellite Communications in Remote Alaskan Villages" and "The Educational Satellite…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Communications Satellites, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Problems
Download full textMcDowell Group, Juneau, AK. – 1994
This report presents recommendations resulting from a study conducted during 1993-94 assessing rural secondary education in Alaska. Components of the study included a survey of 800 randomly selected rural households, a survey of boarding school graduates, an assessment of rural university student achievement, and other related research. A task…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Delivery Systems
McDowell Group, Juneau, AK. – 1994
This document reports on a six-part study conducted during 1993-94 evaluating rural secondary education in Alaska. A survey of 152 graduates of Mt. Edgecumbe High School (a boarding school attended by rural students) examined how well their educational experiences prepared them for college, trade school, and employment. A telephone survey of 800…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools
Kleinfeld, Judith; McDiarmid, G. Williamson – 1983
Because rural Alaska educators were skeptical of the applicability to their teaching situations of various educational research results, researchers randomly surveyed rural Alaskan teachers to provide background information for the Rural Effective Schools Project and for educators who want to help rural schools increase their effectiveness. Three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement, Alaska Natives
McDowell Group, Juneau, AK. – 1994
This report summarizes a study conducted during 1993-94 evaluating rural secondary education in Alaska. The six components of the study included: (1) a survey of boarding school graduates concerning how well their educational experience prepared them for college, trade school, and employment; (2) a telephone survey of 800 rural households…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, Boarding Schools, College Students
Kleinfeld, Judith – 1973
This study examined the costs and benefits of alternative high school programs for Alaskan village children. It attempted to determine what actually happens to village adolescents in different high school programs, why it happens, and what, if anything, can be done about it. Research methods studied the effects of 3 types of high school programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Boarding Homes, Boarding Schools
