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Yildirim, Ozgur – Online Submission, 2012
Learner autonomy has been one of the most popular terms in the language learning field lately. Researchers have been conducting studies to see different aspects of learner autonomy and to bring different suggestions to teachers to promote autonomous learning in their classrooms. Students of a particular cultural background would not show the same…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Cultural Background
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Asher, Nina – Theory Into Practice, 2008
The author argues that educators need to move beyond stereotypic representations of diverse youth, including youth from immigrant families, to recognize and engage their hybrid identities. To that end, the author draws on postcolonial perspectives as well as critiques of the model minority stereotype applied to Asian Americans to analyze the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Immigrants, Stereotypes, Identification (Psychology)
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Marchand, Richard; Pickreign, Jamar; Howard, Keary – Journal of American Indian Education, 2005
This study explores differences in mathematics assessment results between American Indian students in Western New York and their Anglo peers. The sample consisted of 2,256 fourth grade students (Native = 323 Anglo = 1933) and 2,475 eighth grade students (Native = 353 Anglo = 2122). Scores from New York State's Fourth and Eighth Grade Math…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 4, Mathematics Teachers, Indians
Sridhar, Kamal K. – 1985
A study of language maintenance and language shift among Asian Indian speakers of Kannada in the New York metropolitan area within the first generation of settlement in the United States examines this issue from a sociolinguistic perspective. The variables examined include the following: (1) proficiency in and respect for the mainstream language…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, Bilingualism, Cultural Influences
Greenberg, Hazel Sara; Mahony, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1994
This curriculum evolved as an interactive cooperation between South Asian scholars and an educator/curriculum writer. The materials are congruent with the mandates of the New York State Global Studies program. Each lesson provides focus questions, performance objectives, procedures with accompanying student materials, and a summary/application.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Cultural Awareness, Culture
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Bhattacharya, Gauri – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
This community-based, qualitative study explored social capital resources and their influences upon HIV risk behaviors in a sample of 17 heterosexual Asian Indian immigrant men residing in New York City. Our study defined social capital as the resources available to individuals and society through social relationships. At the family, peer, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Capital