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Peer reviewedPennington, Bruce F.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Compares the spelling errors on the Wide Range Achievement Test II made by adults with an apparent autosomal dominant form of dyslexia to those made by their normal adult relatives and by spelling-age matched normal controls using a computerized error evaluation program. (HOD)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedStevens, Gillian – American Sociological Review, 1992
Investigates the relative frequency with which U.S. subjects with a non-English first language use English vis-a-vis their other non-English languages. Data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education (over 150,000 households) indicate that societal pressure and demographic constraints on interactions in non-English languages influence language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedSchmid, Carol L. – Sociology of Education, 2001
Reviews contributing factors of uneven absorption and educational achievement in second generation immigrants, primarily from Asia and Latin America. Argues factors are external and include economic opportunities, racial and ethnic status, group reception, and intrinsic factors like human and social capital, family structure, community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
Download full textBLUM, ZAHAVA D.; ROSSI, PETER H. – 1968
DRAWING UPON RECENT STUDIES OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE BASIC CLASS-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POOR. THE POOR ARE DESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS, DELINQUENCY, AND SEX AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS. OTHER CORRELATES OF SOCIAL CLASS POSITION WHICH ARE DISCUSSED INCLUDE THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adjustment (to Environment), Aspiration, Behavior Patterns
Johnson, Fern L.; And Others – 1978
The research presented here is a descriptive account, consonant with ethnographic methods, of interactions between and among family members in selected segments of documentary, prime time and soap opera television programming. The analysis of each program format was based on kinship relationships of participants, topics of conversation involving…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Discourse Analysis, Documentaries, Ethnography
