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Making the Case: Demonstrating the Impact of Career and Employment Services
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Neault, Roberta A.; Pickerell, Deirdre A. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2008
Career development practitioners understand that the value of career and employment services extends beyond attachment to the labor market. However, "soft" outcomes such as increased self-efficacy and improved ability to manage transitions are difficult to measure. Convincing funders and policy makers of the significance of such outcomes…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
A Comprehensive Book on Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Mohammadi, Mohammad-Reza, Ed. – InTech, 2011
The aim of the book is to serve for clinical, practical, basic and scholarly practices. In twentyfive chapters it covers the most important topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorders in the efficient way and aims to be useful for health professionals in training or clinicians seeking an update. Different people with autism can have very different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Cultural Differences, Quality of Life
Teaching about Society, Passing on Values: Elementary Law in Civic Education.
Audigier, Francois – 1993
This booklet explores the question of what the role and task of schools should be in facing the changes underway in educational systems throughout Europe. The school's tasks always been that of teaching, educating and preparing children for life in society. Ethical and moral standards has been seen as part of that task. This area is also very…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Children's Understanding of Showing Off.
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Bennett, Mark; Yeeles, Caroline – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Interviews 46 British children, ages 8 to 11, to test their understanding of showing off. Confirms prediction that younger childrens' understanding of motivation for showing off is based on psychological determinants and that 11-year-olds' understanding focuses on interpersonal determinants. Also discusses children's understanding of emotional…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Effects of Age, Gender, and Training on Musical Preferences of British Secondary School Students.
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Hargreaves, David J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Surveys 278 British high school students concerning musical styles preferences. Generally speaking, students rejected classical and "serious" music as they grew older. Girls exhibited acceptance of a wider range of musical styles. Includes statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Aesthetic Values, Age Differences
The Relation of Moral Judgment to Authoritarianism, Sexism, Ethnocentrism, and Concern about Nuclear War.
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IJzendoorn, Marinus H. van – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Correlates 46 Dutch high school students' attitudes toward nuclear war, sexism, ethnocentrism, and authoritarianism with their moral judgment level. Finds political attitudes related to moral judgment level. Qualitative data was obtained from interviews with 19 of the 46 students further develops the relationships. (CH)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Ethnocentrism
Set. Research Information for Teachers. Number Two. 1991.
Richards, Llyn, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This packet of educational research information is designed for everyone interested in education and may be utilized for a quick read, private study, staff meetings, inservice courses or small group discussions. The leaflets and brief reports are listed on a contents sheet as follows: "Twin Studies of Spelling"; "Moment-by-moment…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Freshmen, Creativity Research, Decision Making