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Reinhardt, Vanessa P.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Lord, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Despite consistent and substantive research documenting a large male to female ratio in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), only a modest body of research exists examining sex differences in characteristics. This study examined sex differences in developmental functioning and early social communication in children with ASD as compared to children with…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
Burriss, Jamie Burns – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Short-term service-learning experiences such as alternative breaks are increasing in popularity due to the focus on service in higher education and the institution's responsibility to ensure students are graduating with the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive, global economy and contribute to a democratic society as citizens…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Moral Development, Higher Education, Democracy
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Rutledge, Stacey A.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara; Roberts, Ronnie L. – American Educational Research Journal, 2015
This article presents findings from a year-long multilevel comparative case study exploring the characteristics of effective urban high schools. We developed a comprehensive framework from the school effectiveness research that guided our data collection and analysis at the four high schools. Using value-added methodology, we identified two higher…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Effectiveness, Institutional Characteristics, Urban Schools
SMITH, WALTER D. – 1959
LATE SCHOOL ENTRANTS WERE SELECTED AND MATCHED WITH EARLY SCHOOL ENTRANTS ON THE BASES OF AGE, IQ, SEX, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND CLASSROOM. IN ADDITION, LATE SCHOOL ENTRANTS WERE SELECTED FROM THE SAME GRADE RANGES FROM ALL LATE SCHOOL ENTRANTS IN THE COUNTY AND COMPARED WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF RANDOMLY SELECTED EARLY SCHOOL ENTRANTS FROM ONE…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment
Kingston, Skylar T.; Medlin, Richard G. – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of the present study was to compare empathy, altruism, moral reasoning, and prosocial behavior in home schooled children and children attending public schools, and to assess attitudes toward religion and values in their parents. Homeschooling parents were more concerned with teaching their children their values and religious beliefs,…
Descriptors: Empathy, Altruism, Moral Development, Home Schooling