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Direct linkAidman, Barry; Malerba, Catherine – Urban Education, 2017
This study examines the intermediate effects of a community-based college preparation program in a fast growth, high-needs exurban district in Texas. Participants and a matched group of nonparticipants were compared on a variety of academic and noncognitive measures. Findings indicate program participation is associated with higher scores on the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Community Education, College Preparation, Academic Achievement
Buford, Brandie J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to describe the perceptions of African American students pertaining to their engagement in Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition course and Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition examination. A purposive sampling design was employed to select 12 participants from one urban…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, African American Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Parpia, Banoo; And Others – 1983
Results suggested that socioeconomic factors were not major determinants of differences in infant mortality in Texas in the 1970's. Data on live births and infant deaths for 254 Texas counties were obtained from the Texas Department of Health for each of the 11 years from 1970 to 1980. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates were…
Descriptors: Demography, Ecological Factors, Infant Mortality, Neonates
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1981
This document describes Texas' natural resources and suggests ways to correlate conservation instruction into the existing curriculum. Resources discussed include: 1) soil (soil formation; properties of soils; soil survey, soil use in agriculture; soils and the state economy, land value; specific soil resources); 2) air (principal pollutants and…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKuvlesky, William P.; Wright, David E. – 1965
Poverty, which is defined as a family income of less than $3,000 annually, is more serious than just being deprived of simple luxuries. To be poor is to suffer physically and to have high mortality rates. It also means ecological and social segregation from society. In 1960 Texas had a larger proportion of families with incomes under $3,000…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Ecological Factors, Family Income
Peer reviewedMurdock, Steve H.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1986
Uses survey data from Texas and North Dakota to examine characteristics of farmers experiencing financial stress and to assess relative utility of adoption/diffusion, structural, and ecological frameworks for explaining levels of farm financial stress. Finds theoretical frameworks inadequate to explain differences in financial conditions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion (Communication), Ecological Factors
