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Walter, Janice – 1971
Forty-six Anglo-Americans, Indians, and Eskimos at an adult basic education institute were sampled with the 52-item Rokeach Dogmatism Scale (fourth edition) to measure their attitude change and to place each individual on an intensity continuum of the attitude. The age and educational characteristics of the sample and procedures used in the pre-…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Attitude Change
Forslund, Morris A. – 1974
The nature and magnitude of the drug use and delinquency problem among youth living in Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation area were investigated in May 1972. A drug user was defined as any student who used marijuana or any other drug for pleasure or kicks during the preceding year. A self-report questionnaire was administered to 456 male and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Delinquency, Drug Abuse
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Fayetteville. – 1970
The report is on the socioeconomic condition of rural people within a selected area in the United States. The information was provided by 1,413 sample households in the rural areas of 125 counties in the Ozarks region of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The study included Whites, Indians, and Negroes within the region. Based on household size and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies
Pender, David R. – 1969
Cities, as centers of urban culture, have not successfully met the special needs of the urban poor or of the rural poor who have migrated to the cities. A new strategy recommends that the poor (black or white) would be in a better position to break the poverty cycle if they were able to create their own "implanted communities" outside of existing…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Environmental Research
Knapp, Melvin; Smith, Robert – 1974
The historical change in occupational status projections of Georgia rural youth were examined. Using the time span from 1966 to 1972, the county was the sampling unit used to select sample schools. Criteria used to select sample counties were that they be: (1) rural, (2) characterized by low socioeconomic status, and (3) representative of all…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks, County School Districts
Ohlendorf, George W. – 1974
Changes in educational projections among rural Louisiana high school youths in 1968 and 1972 were examined. A proportionate, stratified, random cluster sampling technique was used to sample students from 20 schools in 4 geographical areas representing different social and economic characteristics. Data were collected by an 18-page version of the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Educational Objectives
Jackson, Sheryl R.; Kuvlesky, William P. – 1973
The research explored whether or not the occurrence and degree of family disability introduced a distinguishable patterned set of social life views among homemakers and, if so, to what extent the patterns are general to different populations. Disability was defined as the inability to assume expected roles. Seven Mexican American migrant workers…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Disabilities, Expectation
Lampman, Henry P. – 1973
Academic growth and personal-social growth of 20 second grade children in the Southeastern New Mexico Bilingual Program at Artesia are compared to 20 second grade children in the standard program. The groups were matched by chronological and mental age, IQ, family income, family situation (both parents, only father, or only mother), number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
Galarza, Ernesto; And Others – 1969
With findings as presented in this 1969 book, a 2-year field study conducted by a 3-member team analyzed the economic, cultural, political, and educational conditions of Mexican Americans in the Southwest (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas) with some reference to braceros and the situation in Mexico. An overview of 8 geographic…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Economic Status
Dolch, Norman A. – 1972
A hierarchical system concerned with stratum at a given point in time was described in this study. Hypotheses were formulated concerning organizational or associational participation, religious preference, family decision-making, educational aspirations for children, and the assimilation of Negroes and Whites in the community. Survey data were…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Area Studies, Aspiration
Woolfson, Peter – 1973
The purpose of this paper is to compare differences in value orientation of the French Canadian children in the public schools with those in a nearby parochial school. There appear to be different rates of acculturation reflected in Franco-American boys and girls, but they tend to be more conservative than their Anglo-American peers. It is held…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Data Analysis, Ethnic Groups
Murray, Wayne Robert – 1972
Through use of a random sample of 148 Anglo and 154 Mexican American subjects, this study sought to examine the factor structure of the College and University Environment Scales (CUES) for the bilingual/bicultural full-time unmarried undergraduate student population at the University of Texas at El Paso, to compare the Mexican American students'…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Anglo Americans, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students
Magee, Bettie; And Others – 1972
The purpose of the simulation technique described in this report is to develop teacher and counselor empathy with the Spanish-speaking student. The technique, developed to be used with English-speaking college students, includes the use of a class conducted in Spanish, a simple form written in Spanish to be completed by the students, punishment…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Counselor Training
Miller, Michael Victor – 1971
Factors tending to inhibit the development and efficacy of Mexican American interest-oriented political activity, Anglo-Mexican American political relations, and other related factors are examined in this Master's thesis. The stated objective of the study is to provide insights as to how these factors influenced the political situation on 2…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Community Cooperation, Demography, Economic Development
Research Review of Equal Education, 1977
The educational system and the community role in school desegregation are discussed. (JP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Boards of Education, Community Control
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