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Berman, Barbara A.; Bernaards, Coen; Eckhardt, Elizabeth A.; Kleiger, Heidi B.; Maucere, Lauren; Streja, Leanne; Wong, Glenn; Barkin, Shari; Bastani, Roshan – American Annals of the Deaf, 2006
College students' tobacco use poses a significant public health problem. Effective intervention requires understanding of this behavior among race/ethnic, cultural, and linguistic collegiate subgroups, including deaf and hard of hearing collegians. Findings from a first-ever tobacco-related survey among this understudied population are reported.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, College Students, Smoking
Rourke, James; Hartzman, Marlene – Principal Leadership, 2009
On a Wednesday morning at Giano Intermediate School in West Covina, California, 25 mothers and fathers sit in rapt attention, many taking notes, as a school counselor outlines the morning's Parent Chat. The session is devoted to exploring how well the parents know their children. Parents complete a questionnaire that asks them to answer such…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Parent Participation, School Counselors, Principals
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Hoffman, August John; Morales Knight, Luis F.; Wallach, Julie – Urban Education, 2007
Numerous articles have been written about the impact of community-based work and self-esteem, self-efficacy, and gardening in an educational environment. Empirical data suggest that when students have become involved in a group effort designed to improve a school, community, or society, a sense of interdependency and loyalty to that institution…
Descriptors: Students, Gardening, Self Efficacy, Community Colleges
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Chalmers, Mardi; Liedtka, Theresa; Bednar, Carol – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2006
This article describes a case study relating to an internal communication audit conducted in a large academic library that assessed existing information channels during a period of organizational change in order to recommend improvements. A communications task force developed and administered a survey instrument and then analyzed data and reported…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Organizational Communication, Focus Groups, Organizational Change
Taylor-Mendoza, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify instructional strategies and support services of five learning community programs that focus on the retention of African American students at California Community Colleges. Empirical research indicates that colleges and universities have historically structured their curricula, student services programs,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, African American Students, Mentors, Community Colleges
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Fanning, Michael C. P. – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2008
For nearly twenty years the educational community has utilized portfolios as a method of monitoring the growth and development of candidates earning certification as educators and as school leaders. Professors in the field of education have encouraged their students to share these portfolios with public school hiring officials. There is a belief…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Visual Aids, Attitudes, Differences
Thompson, Gail L. – Leadership, 2007
Each year, when standardized test scores are published for California students, the same message tends to surface: In general, the scores of blacks and Latinos trail those of other groups, especially whites. This pattern emerges so often that it usually doesn't surprise educators or researchers. In the author's search to better understand the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Standardized Tests, African American Students, Hispanic Americans
MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1969
Phase I of Northern California Cooperative Research Project on Student Withdrawals (NORCAL) examined withdrawal and continuing students in 23 colleges, evaluated the data, predicted potential withdrawals, and summarized findings. A questionnaire was used to help develop a model to predict attrition within the first term of enrollment. The junior…
Descriptors: Persistence, Prediction, Questionnaires, Two Year Colleges
Williams, Brandi Elaine – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of the study was to describe self-reported influences on undergraduate students to choose social work as a major--including the social work populations and activities of interest to social work students. Fifty junior undergraduate students from California State University, Long Beach, participated in the study. A self-administered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Social Work, Majors (Students)
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Kano, Megumi; Ramirez, Marizen; Ybarra, William J.; Frias, Gus; Bourque, Linda B. – Education and Urban Society, 2007
A survey of emergency preparedness was conducted in three public school districts in urban areas of Los Angeles County. Eighty-three school sites were surveyed using self-administered questionnaires. Although designated respondents generally felt that their schools were well prepared, the survey also revealed the need for improvements in written…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, County School Districts, Emergency Programs, Crisis Management
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O'Lawrence, Henry – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2007
This pilot study served as a foundation for a statewide comprehensive review of vocational career preparation programs at the community colleges in the State of California. Los Angeles County was determined to be the primary focus of investigation. The main focus was to collect, report, and disseminate current and valid information on existing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Benchmarking, Student Characteristics
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MacDonald, Eric; And Others – Microform Review, 1978
Results of a questionnaire designed to determine attitudes toward and the extent of knowledge about microforms among California collection department librarians are summarized. The 114 respondents from a selective mailing sample of 248 librarians generally indicated reluctant acceptance and little commitment toward use of microforms. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Librarians, Libraries, Library Surveys
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Germo, Gary R.; Chang, Esther S.; Keller, Meret A.; Goldberg, Wendy A. – Infant and Child Development, 2007
This study examined solitary sleeping and co-sleeping arrangements in families with a young child. Data were obtained from questionnaires completed by two independent samples, one of mothers (N = 100) and one of fathers (N = 38) of preschool-aged children. Types of family sleep arrangements included children who slept in their own room from…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Infants, Fathers
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Rodriguez, Carmen; Arenz, Bernard – ERS Spectrum, 2007
This study was designed to examine the effects of looping, a practice whereby teachers and students stay together for more than one year, on perceived values and academic achievement in language arts at a Fresno Unified School District elementary school in Fresno, CA. Looping has many perceived advantages, such as the development of long-term…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests
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Ogbuehi, Philip I.; Fraser, Barry J. – Learning Environments Research, 2007
This study of middle-school students in California focused on the effectiveness of using innovative teaching strategies for enhancing the classroom environment, students' attitudes and conceptual development. A sample of 661 students from 22 classrooms in four inner city schools completed modified forms of the Constructivist Learning Environment…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Experimental Groups, Control Groups
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