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Catterall, James S. – American Journal of Education, 1989
Reports a study on minimum competency testing in American high schools. Discusses the effects on students who fail to pass it, and the perceptions of educators and administrators about the value and barrier aspects of these tests. Implications of the findings for research, policy making, and educational practice are explored. (JS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Administrator Attitudes, Dropouts, High Risk Students

Siegel, Judith M. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Examined the temporal association between body image and depressive symptoms in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and white adolescents. Found that girls were more influenced by body image change than boys. Compared to other ethnic groups, African American girls experienced a greater increase in psychological distress as body…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Blacks
Scherz, Zahava; Oren, Miri – Science Education, 2006
This paper examines the images middle school students have of science and technology, the workplaces, and the relevant professions. It also describes the effect on these images caused by an instructional initiative, "Investigation into Science and Technology" (IST), designed to introduce students to science and technology in the "real life."…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Student Attitudes, Middle School Students, Information Technology
van Zyl, Jacob D.; Cronje, Elsje M.; Payze, Catharine – Qualitative Report, 2006
In this article, the story of 11 male psychotherapeutic patients with low self-esteem is told within the context of the research process. The literature suggests that the concept of "self-esteem" has a significant influence on the way an individual experiences his/her world. Therefore, the meaning that the psychotherapeutic patients…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research, Patients, Psychotherapy
Storbeck, Claudine – 1997
In-depth interviews were conducted with 23 deaf adults (ages 17 to 56) who had been educated in South Africa, to determine their impressions about the education system there. Ten of those interviewed had moved to the U.S. while the remaining 13 were still living in South Africa . The interviews were administered in sign language, with video…
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education

Thomson, Jack – English in Education, 1979
Discusses a research project that is producing articulate responses from children about their responses to reading, presents a transcript of an interview with a 14-year-old boy regarding his responses to fiction, discusses various stages of response to reading, and outlines classroom implications of studies of reading responses. (GT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Fiction, Interviews, Literature Appreciation

Vaughn, Sharon; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
Group interviews with 26 special education teachers, 25 general education teachers, 8 Chapter 1 teachers, and 15 teachers of the gifted revealed that the majority of teachers had strong negative feelings about inclusion. Teachers identified factors affecting the success of inclusion, including class size, resources, extent to which all students…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
MEYER, JUNE – 1967
THESE QUOTED CONVERSATIONS WITH FOUR NEGRO AND PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN EAST HARLEM REVEAL THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS OF TWO OF THE TEENAGERS ABOUT THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION AND THE MOBILITY ASPIRATIONS OF THE OTHER TWO. THE TALKS SHOW A FATALISTIC HOPELESSNESS ABOUT THE BARRIERS IMPOSED BY RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND A…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Blacks, Educational Environment, High School Students

Bishop, John H.; Bishop, Matthew; Bishop, Michael; Gelbwasser, Lara; Green, Shanna; Peterson, Erica; Rubinsztaj, Anna; Zuckerman, Andrew – Journal of School Health, 2004
Parents know adolescents can be cruel. They do not want their child rejected by peers. What is it like to be denigrated by one's middle school classmates? How common is a predatory anti-teacher peer culture in junior high school? Does it typically last into high school? How do peer norms of different crowds in a school get established? Who sets…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Norms, Ethnography, Educational Policy
Mildred, Jane – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2004
The costs and benefits associated with participation in conflicts around child sexual abuse are explored. Using qualitative data from interviews with 40 high-profile participants, findings suggest that professionals experience both positive and negative consequences as a result of their involvement. Costs identified include attacks and…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Conflict, Participation
Woods, Susan E.; Springett, Jane; Porcellato, Lorna; Dugdill, Lindsey – Health Education Research, 2005
This article looks at how children between the ages of 4 and 8 years report they feel when they are exposed to passive smoking and how they react in these situations. Data were collected annually from a cohort of 250 primary school children, which was tracked from their Reception Classes to Year 3 across six Liverpool schools. Quantitative and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Child Health, Interviews, Elementary School Students

Clarke, Valerie A.; Teague, G. Joy – Computers & Education, 1996
Researchers studying attitudes toward computer careers interviewed 68 students in a university computer science course, 33 secondary school girls, and 19 women working professionally in computer-based careers. Both groups of students tended to stereotype computer-related careers as menial, isolating, and overly technical; this view differed…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Attitudes, Computer Science, Computer Science Education

Zhao, Yali; Hoge, John D. – Social Studies, 2005
With this study, the authors investigated, in an open-ended manner, what elementary teachers and their students said about social studies. They endeavored to see if prior findings still persist and studied the potential relationships between students' and teachers' perceptions. They conducted their research in three different school districts in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Social Studies, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Scheyett, Anna; Kim, Mimi – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2004
To facilitate the recovery of people with mental illness (consumers of mental health services), social workers must be strengths-focused and believe in the potential for consumer growth and improvement. Unfortunately, social workers often share the negative, stigmatizing view of mental illness held by much of the general population. In this…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Graduate Students, Pretests Posttests, Interviews
Eugene School District 4J, OR. – 1976
Due to increased dissatisfaction with Media Services, the evaluation department of Eugene School District 4J was asked to look into the centralized ordering and processing of library materials and textbooks. Areas of complaint included time lags in receiving books, loss of control of ordering and processing at the school level, and processing…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Learning Resources Centers