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Kouyoumdjian, Claudia; Guzman, Bianca L. – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2013
Many sex education programs do not conceptualize adolescent sexuality as a normative process of development, thus sexuality is not part of a holistic picture of health education.The current project examines the multiple determinants of adolescent boys' sexual behaviors in the context of developing sex education. Limited research has examined the…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Males, Hispanic Americans, Early Adolescents
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Pasquarella, Adrian; Gottardo, Alexandra; Grant, Amy – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
This study examined factors related to reading comprehension in adolescents who spoke English as a first language (L1) and English as a second language (L2). Measures of decoding, vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension were administered to 31 L1 and 44 L2 speakers. English L2 adolescents scored significantly lower than their L1 peers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Reading Comprehension, English
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Ninth-grade predictors of dropout risk among Austin Independent School District's English language learner students included the following: having an attendance rate below 90%, being 16 years or older, earning less than 5 course credits, attending a Title I campus and scoring beginning or intermediate on the state's English proficiency assessment…
Descriptors: Language Tests, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Predictor Variables