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Olsen, Kristen; Olsen, Holly – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2010
Language-switching, attitude, and linguistic identity among 10th-grade female students in East Jerusalem are influenced by current political, social, and ethnic conflicts. The students make decisions to use English, Hebrew, and Arabic--the 3 regional languages--based on issues of hegemony and social influences. Participants in this study track…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language)
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Al-Fadhli, Hussain M.; Kersen, Thomas Michael – Journal of Negro Education, 2010
Data from 2008 Monitoring the Future were used to test how well religious, family, and cultural social capital influenced 8th and 10th grade student aspirations, future plans, and prior academic experience. This study focused only on a sample of 4,273 African American students. Results indicated a strong association between family social capital…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Grade 10
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Green, Whitfield; Naidoo, Devika – Science Education International, 2008
The post-apartheid National Physical Science Curriculum was implemented for the first time in South Africa in grade 10 during 2006. A variety of new textbooks for grade 10 have been published. This study was a comparative analysis of three popular textbooks, one prepared to support the previous curriculum, and two prepared for the new curriculum.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Racial Segregation, Physical Sciences, Foreign Countries
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Gaskell, P. James; Hepburn, Gary; Robeck, Edward – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Provides three different accounts of a gender equity project in a grade 10 science class. Illustrates different rhetorical forms for representing research and different assumptions about gender, equity, pedagogy, and the representation of data. Contains 33 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Equal Education, Feminism