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Lichtenberg, Nina T.; Thompson, Andrew B.; Iguchi, Martin Y.; Evans, Christopher J.; Romero-Calderón, Rafael – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2020
Drug Outreach, Promoting Awareness (DOPA) is an undergraduate outreach program for local high school students designed to convey the neurobiological basis, risks, and addictive potential of commonly abused drugs. Here we describe DOPA and evaluate the program, including its impact on high school student attitudes about drug harm risk and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Drug Education, Outreach Programs, Risk
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Schmidt, Jennifer A.; Shumow, Lee – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2020
Latinos/as experience underachievement and underrepresentation in science. Mindset beliefs contribute to positive academic outcomes among students generally, but are understudied among Latinos/as in science. In this quasi-experimental study, Latino/a students expressed initial mindset-related beliefs shown to be less generative of success in…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education