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Wu, Zhongling; Hu, Bi Ying; Fan, Xitao – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
This study investigated the cross-cultural validity of the Preschool Learning Behavior Scale (PLBS) in the Chinese cultural context. Multiple approaches were used for this purpose, including exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, criterion-related validity evidence, and internal consistency reliability estimates. The findings…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Cultural Relevance, Test Reliability, Factor Structure
Whitney, Jennifer D. – Online Submission, 2007
The idea of what constitutes literacy in the classroom is mostly determined by middle-class school officials and state and federal administrators. The discourse of minority populations is marginalized and not readily recognized or incorporated into mainstream instruction. This impacts not only the ability of these students to be accountable…
Descriptors: Literacy, Classroom Environment, Minority Groups, Equal Education
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Robertson, Paul; Jorgensen, Miriam – American Indian Quarterly, 2004
This article documents a currently unfolding example of that reclamation, which originated from the desire of evaluators of the "Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement" (CIRCLE) Project to make the federally mandated evaluation as useful to the Oglala people as possible. Using the models of participatory action research…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Relevance, Research Methodology, Action Research
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Cooley, Michele R.; Boyce, Cheryl A. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
Recognizing that researchers and clinicians are increasingly faced with assessing, treating, and studying ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse populations, one question is whether the appropriate tools exist. This special section aspires to advance the available assessment strategies that are appropriate for the treatment, prevention, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Children, Evaluation Methods
Dieser, Rodney B.; Peregoy, John Joseph – Parks and Recreation, 1998
Parks and recreation professionals need training in multicultural education to handle an increasingly diverse public. Research indicates that most graduate parks-and-recreation education programs do not have multicultural education or gender issues infused into the curriculum. The paper discusses the consequences of cultural encapsulation, notes…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Relevance
Smith, G. Pritchy – 1998
This book explains knowledge bases for teaching diverse student populations. An introduction displays one first-year teacher's experiences with diverse students in a high school classroom in San Angelo, Texas in 1961. The 15 chapters are: (1) "Toward Defining Culturally Responsible and Responsive Teacher Education"; (2) "Knowledge…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness