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Teachers' Perceptions of Using Health Disparities Content to Engage High Schoolers in Urban Communities
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Megha Ramaswamy; Crystal Lumpkins; Maria Alonso Luaces; Karin Chang; Paula Cupertino – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019
The objective of this study was to report on teachers' perceptions of using health disparities content to engage high school students in urban communities over the course of a summer health disparities professional development (PD) program. Teachers participated in a three-week, 80-hour summer PD, where they received content on health disparities,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, High School Teachers, Access to Health Care
A Two-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis of "The Arc's Self-Determination Scale" with Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders or Learning Disabilities
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Hyojeong Seo; Michael L. Wehmeyer; Susan B. Palmer; Todd D. Little – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2015
Given the emphasis on promoting self-determination in the field of special education and the corresponding use of scales to measure self-determination in research and practice, it is important to examine whether widely used self-determination assessments measure the same constructs among and between students from different disability categories.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Self Determination, Special Education, Measures (Individuals)
Physical Education Students' Ownership, Empowerment, and Satisfaction with PE and Physical Activity
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Moore, E. Whitney G.; Fry, Mary D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
Individuals experiencing a highly caring, task-involving, and low ego-involving exercise climate have reported greater ownership in exercise class and empowerment to exercise in general. Purpose: This study examined the relationship between ownership and empowerment in exercise, with 2 context-specific outcomes, satisfaction with physical…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Physical Education, Student Empowerment
Effects of the Self-Directed Individualized Education Program on Self-Determination and Transition of Adolescents with Disabilities
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Seong, Youjin; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
The 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization introduced transition mandates that included a "student involvement in transition planning" requirement, creating an emphasis on promoting such involvement so as to enhance the self-determination of students with disabilities and positive transition-related…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adolescents, Self Determination, Transitional Programs
A Multiple-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Self-Determination between Groups of Adolescents with Intellectual Disability or Learning Disabilities
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Seong, Youjin; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2015
Promoting self-determination has been identified as an important practice for the successful transition of youth and young adults with disabilities, and numerous studies have examined the relationship between levels of self-determination and transition-related and postsecondary outcomes. Only a few such studies, however, have examined the global…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Adolescents, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities