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Abramson, Lauren – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1991
Investigated emotional and facial expressivity in infants who failed to thrive and normal infants who were videotaped in social and cognitive contexts. Although differences in emotional expressivity were not found, infants who failed to thrive displayed more negative effects and used their lower faces less often to express emotion. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response, Eye Contact
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Travis, Cheryl Brown; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1991
A brief review of the history of health psychology reveals that many key developments in the field reflect essentially feminist principals. Feminist concerns for inclusiveness and equity influence national health policies in the following areas: (1) violence; (2) acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and (3) policy and planning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Compliance (Psychology), Coping, Feminism
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Lewin, Miriam; Wild, Cheryl L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1991
Discusses early feminist efforts in psychological assessment, and reviews general issues related to feminist methodology. Successful impact and lack of impact of feminist criticism are illustrated by the revisions of the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (1990), respectively. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
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Dowhower, Sarah L.; And Others – Journal of Staff Development, 1990
A graduate university workshop on action research helped kindergarten through twelfth grade teachers improve their approach to teaching writing. The article examines classroom research as staff development and introduces one action research plan, giving an example of one teacher's use of the plan to improve instructional writing practice. (SM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education
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Parker, Linda E.; Clark, David L. – Research Management Review, 1990
Consequences of two university departments' dependence on fluctuating research funding and their responses to it are examined, focusing on juggling dependence-based problems with graduate student education, instrumentation needs, grant discontinuation, faculty recruitment, and planning. The combination of institutional decentralization and the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decentralization, Departments, Economic Change
Hayes, Dianne Williams – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1993
Explains that, although African-American women are making the greatest strides in science and technical fields, these fields still remain underrepresented with minorities. Related issues involving gender stereotyping and the difficulty of breaking into a sexist field are examined. (GLR)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Discrimination, Engineering Education, Equal Education
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Sereda, Jane – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1993
As part of Alberta's provincial initiative, teacher-researchers in two Calgary school districts developed and field-tested quality indicators for assessment of student artwork and mathematical problem solving. The resulting qualitative materials depend on informed professional judgment and student involvement in self-assessment; celebrate…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Art Expression, Educational Indicators
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Mould, Claire – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1998
Examined the potential of teacher-researcher collaboration for enhancing the effectiveness of early learning experiences of 4-year-olds in England. Found that, during fieldwork, child engagement and teachers' stimulation, sensitivity, engagement, and autonomy increased. Teacher and student engagement were related. Suggests that teachers who strive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Cooperation, Educational Research
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Bove, Chiara – Young Children, 1999
Describes various approaches taken by Italian child-care programs to facilitate the young child's transition into a child care setting. Discusses the role of teachers as researchers, the role of parents as partners, and the benefits to young children. (KB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Adjustment
Eidman-Aadahl, Elyse – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1998
The National Writing Project, formed in 1973, is a network of 157 local writing projects committed to improving the teaching of writing. It breaks with "top-down" educational tradition by creating a "third space" in which teachers share their expertise and experiences across grade levels and curricula, and by encouraging…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Cooperation, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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Herr, Kathryn – Language Arts, 1999
Recounts the complications that arose when the author's teacher research began to focus on issues of institutional racism within the school in which she worked. Discusses the politics of studying one's own site, and the dilemmas and risks in that process. Explores the issues involved in teacher research that is oriented toward school change and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Agents, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Tobin, Kenneth; Seiler, Gale; Smith, Mackenzie W. – Research in Science Education, 1999
Advocates co-teaching as an essential component of teacher education programs. Describes the co-teaching efforts of a university professor, doctoral student, and student-teacher as they taught science to African-American students placed in a low-track program of study in an urban high school. Presents theoretical frameworks associated with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Black Students, Classroom Research, Higher Education
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Boyatzis, Chris J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Presents a longitudinal case study of one girl's artistic development from age 2 to 6 years to illustrate the interplay between the child's symbolic development and the social context in which she draws. Considers the observer-researcher as a "co-constructor" of artistic development, highlighting the need for models of development that integrate…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Art Expression, Case Studies, Childrens Art
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Kefyalew, Firew – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Examined feasibility of using observation, interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, checklists, essay writing, drawing, ranking, activities mapping, and participatory rural appraisal with disadvantaged children. Feedback was provided by children from a capacity-building program on child-centered research, psychologists, and program trainees.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Check Lists, Children, Disadvantaged
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Eisikovits, Rivka A. – Educational Action Research, 1995
Describes the Teacher-as-Ethnographer inservice training program, an anthropological model for training Israeli educators to diagnose and cater to the learning needs of culturally diverse students. Participants, including teachers of all levels and other school staff, learned and used ethnographic methods of data collection and analysis to conduct…
Descriptors: Action Research, Anthropology, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Pluralism
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