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Zelazo, Philip David; Blair, Clancy B.; Willoughby, Michael T. – National Center for Education Research, 2016
Executive function (EF) skills are the attention-regulation skills that make it possible to sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately, resist distraction, tolerate frustration, consider the consequences of different behaviors, reflect on past experiences, and plan for the future. As EF research…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Control, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Cash, Thomas F.; Morrow, Jennifer A.; Hrabosky, Joshua I.; Perry, April A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
Body-image dissatisfaction is not uncommon and can adversely affect individuals' psychosocial functioning and quality of life. Various oft-cited surveys and a meta-analysis implicate a worsening of body image over the past several decades, especially among women and possibly among men. The present cross-sectional study examined changes in multiple…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Quality of Life, Human Body, College Students

Foster, Mindi D.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1994
Reports on a study of the effects of self-blame or societal blame among 82 Canadian female college students. Finds that women encouraged to blame themselves were more likely to endorse accepting the situation, while those encouraged to blame society endorsed nonnormative individual confrontation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Differences
Rodriguez, Ma del Carmen; Pena, J. Vicente; Fernandez, Carmen Ma; Vinuela, Ma Paulina – Gender & Education, 2006
In this paper we will show some of the results of research which took place in the Principality of Asturias (Spain). Its purpose was finding out the gender discourses used by nursery teachers. Although we will not provide an exhaustive list of all the conclusions reached so far, we will put forward one of the aspects which has been developed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
Mazey, Mary Ellen; Lee, David R. – 1983
Presented from a geographical perspective, this book examines major themes of human geography by drawing from the literature on feminism. The book is arranged into four parts. Part 1 examines sex ratios throughout the world, geographical distribution of female rights and status, spatial patterns of the Equal Rights Amendment ratification, the…
Descriptors: Abortions, Contraception, Demography, Employment Patterns
Lee, Okhee – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2005
"Science Education and Student Diversity: Synthesis and Research Agenda" (Lee & Luykx, in press) analyzes and synthesizes current research on how racial/ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic variability affects science achievement among K-12 students who have traditionally been underserved by the education system. The book begins with…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Science Curriculum, Science Achievement, Science Education
Betz, Nancy E.; Wolfe, Jessica B. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2005
These studies report the development and psychometric evaluation of a version of the Expanded Skills Inventory designed for use with high school students. The resulting inventory contains 14 eight-item scales measuring self-efficacy with respect to dimensions of vocational behavior comparable in specificity to the Basic Interest dimensions of the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Ethnic Groups, Vocational Interests, Self Efficacy
Ozcinar, Zehra – Online Submission, 2004
This research was done to find out the present communicative qualification of parents with students. Through the research, parents of primary school V. grade students were chosen for sampling. Data have been collected with "the scale of instructional communicative qualification of parents" that its reliability and validity study have…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Educational Attainment
Ransome, Whitney – 1993
This document provides a brief overview on the short-changing of girls in the education system. The paper suggests one solution may lie in the single-sex school for girls. Girls' schools are united in a long-standing commitment to learning environments that place girls first and foremost. All mentors and roles models provided are female, so that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Research, Equal Education, Females

Leal, Dorothy; Johanson, George; Toth, Allison; Huang, Chin-Cheng – Reading Improvement, 2004
The purpose of this study was to (a) examine how the reading skills of children at-risk are affected by tutoring by preservice reading endorsement students, (b) to identify differences by setting, gender and grade level, and to (c) identify effective strategies and influences on student success in a four-month tutoring program. Data were collected…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Tutoring, Literacy, Preservice Teachers
Davis, Gary A.; Rimm, Sylvia B. – 2004
The new edition of this text provides updated views, events, and research findings, including a study of extraordinarily successful career women, more attention to gifted education in rural areas, counseling of gay students, and suicide prevention. Chapters have the following titles: (1) "Gifted Education: Matching Instruction with Needs"; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Careers
Singleton, David – 1989
This book provides an overview of research and thinking on age-related dimensions of language acquisition, intended for students, researchers, and educators with some experience in linguistics and applied linguistics. The first chapter introduces the variety of issues associated with age and language acquisition. Chapter 2 examines the evidence…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development
Padilla, Amado M., Ed. – 1995
This book provides students, researchers, and practitioners with access to major theoretical and empirical issues in the field of Hispanic psychology. The book is divided into six parts: acculturation and adaptation, ethnic identity and behavior, clinical research and services, health and AIDS research, gender studies research, and education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents