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Direct linkLisa M. Vaughn – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In 2011, I used group level assessment, a qualitative and participatory large group research method, in collaboration with a disability education and research center situated within a large medical academic center. The center was concerned that their work lacked the input and involvement from the very people that they were attempting to serve…
Descriptors: Group Testing, Disabilities, Needs, Participatory Research
Peer reviewedFrancis, David, Ed.; Stephens, Amy, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2018
The imperative that all students, including English learners (ELs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning has become even more urgent and complex given shifts in science and mathematics standards. As a group, these students are underrepresented in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, STEM Education
Soto, Lourdes Diaz – 1997
This book presents a case study of a Puerto Rican community in an industrial city, exposing conflicts surrounding the education of language and ethnic minority children and the resistance of many "Anglos" toward parents and community as sources of knowledge. Over 9 years, data were collected from bilingual families living in Steel Town,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Henggeler, Scott W.; Schoenwald, Sonja K.; Borduin, Charles M.; Rowland, Melisa D.; Cunningham, Phillippe B. – 1998
Antisocial behavior can be reduced if services focus on changing the known determinants of behavior problems in the natural environments in which children and families live. The development of multisystemic treatment (MST) gives mental health professionals a powerful new tool for confronting antisocial behavior in children and adolescents,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Fowlkes, Martha R. – 1980
The way in which the lives of spouses of professional men form an integral part of their husbands' careers is addressed, based on an analysis of the lives and marriages of 40 women: 20 wives of university professors and 20 wives of doctors. Through in-depth interviews with the wives, the connections between family and work were explored. The…
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
Taylor, Denny – 1983
Focusing on family interaction, this book discusses a study designed to develop systematic ways of looking at reading and writing as activities that have consequences in and are affected by family life. Topics of the seven chapters are as follows: the six families involved in the research, conservation and change in the transmission of family…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Family Attitudes, Family Environment
Weiss, Heather Bastow, Ed.; Kreider, Holly Marie, Ed.; Lopez, M. Elena, Ed.; Chatman, Celina M., Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2005
Family involvement in children's education is widely considered critical to student achievement. Yet teachers and other education professionals often feel unprepared to engage families in children's learning. The goal of Preparing Educators to Involve Families is to help prepare teachers and other professionals to partner effectively with the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Systems Approach, Cultural Differences
