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Chaudhary, Anil Kumar; Warner, Laura A. – Journal of Extension, 2015
Most educational programs are designed to produce lower level outcomes, and Extension educators are challenged to produce behavior change in target audiences. Social norms are a very powerful proven tool for encouraging sustainable behavior change among Extension's target audiences. Minor modifications to program content to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Social Attitudes, Extension Education, Case Studies
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Bechtel, Gordon G.; Lyons-Lepke, Elaine M. – Evaluation Review, 2003
Two public health objectives, one methodological and the other substantive, are realized in the present study. First, average survey ratings are replaced by negated mean cumulative logits (MCLs), which have the advantage of interitem commensuration. Second, these negated MCLs improve the analysis of two Florida tobacco control surveys of community…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Substance Abuse, Smoking, Public Health
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Sharma, Sunita – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
In this study, the researcher has examined and presented the perceptions and attitudes of K-12 school teachers regarding students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In addition, these same teachers were asked to evaluate their own professional preparations that might enable them to identify and effectively teach these…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Case Studies, School Districts, Special Education Teachers
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2006
On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Secondary Education