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Youth Asset Mapping: Showcasing Youth Empowerment and Positive Youth-Adult Partnerships
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Handy, Deborah J.; Rodgers, Kathleen Boyce; Schwieterman, Tiffany Anne – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2011
Youth and adult partners participated in youth asset mapping, a form of action research, to assess community assets and youth involvement opportunities. Qualitative data were analyzed to examine youths' feelings of empowerment and experiences with adult partners. Asset mapping contributed to youth empowerment, especially when adults were engaging…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Youth Programs, Action Research, Youth Opportunities
Dealing with Differences: A Coach's Perspective
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Docheff, Dennis M. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2011
Coaches have always needed to respond to differences in sport and have always been concerned with finding hard-working kids who mesh well as a team. While coaches still try to build team cohesiveness, today's coaches must respond to complex issues related to diversity and are expected to be politically correct. The purpose of this article is to…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Individual Differences, Age Differences, Cultural Differences
A Comparison of Chinese and English-Speaking Children on a Series of Theory of Mind-Related Tasks.
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Goetz, Peggy – 1999
Theory of mind research focuses on children's understanding of other people's minds, their desires, intentions, and beliefs. Currently, there is much debate as to what is the substrate for children's theory of mind development; socio-cognitive skills, linguistic development, a simulation of one's own mental states, and the maturation of innate…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Chinese, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Cognitive Performance and Cognitive Style.
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International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Investigates (1) the relationships between cognitive performance and cognitive styles and predictive possibilities and (2) performance differences by sex, school, grade, and income in 92 Indian adolescents. Assessment measures included Liquid Conservation, Islands, Goat-Lion, Hanoi-Tower, Rabbits (Piagetian); Block Design (WISC-R); Paper Cutting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Socio-cultural Differences and Developmental Changes in Continuing Motivation, Evaluation Anxiety, and Attributions of Success and Failure.
Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1979
Students' reported reasons for academic success or failure (categorized as ability, effort, task difficulty, or luck) were studied simultaneously in over 1,000 students in grades 4, 8, and 11. Differences between 16 attributional groups (4 success x 4 failure) were reported by discriminant analysis, according to grade, sex, and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Anxiety, Attribution Theory
Test Anxiety, Test Comfort and Student Achievement Test Performance.
Fyans, Leslie J., Jr. – 1979
The Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP) Test Comfort Scale was administered and test results were studied in terms of student achievement and correlates of achievement. Using the revised, seven-item scale, it was determined that: in grade 4, there was no main significant effect for sex or ethnic differences, although Orientals and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Anxiety