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Comer, James P. – Teachers College Record, 1993
Schools and adolescent students in today's society need support from surrounding communities and meaningful people. Community organizations of all kinds are important for recreating the critical aspects of community that once made it possible to grow up and participate in the mainstream of society. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Community Cooperation, Futures (of Society)
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McCartney, Catherine E.; And Others – Initiatives, 1992
Attempted to replicate portion of Gilligan's study of moral development at Emma Willard School. Interviewed 34 Ojibwa adolescent girls. Found that, as for girls in Gilligan's study, maintaining strong relationships was as important as searching for autonomy and desire for both created conflict among Ojibwa girls. (NB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Alcoholism, American Indians
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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger; Dudley, Bruce; Mitchell, James; Fredrickson, Joel – Journal of Social Psychology, 1997
Presents the results of a study where middle school students enrolled in conflict resolution training wrote essays explaining how they would respond to conflict situations. Students not receiving the training were the control group. Significant differences occurred between the training and control groups concerning knowledge of negotiation…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavioral Objectives, Conflict Resolution, Guidance Programs
Eder, Donna; And Others – 1995
This book reports the findings of a study of adolescent culture and language in eighth graders. The books consists of ten chapters including discussions of the following topics: (1) "Remember When?" a theoretical framework; (2) "Gender, Talk, and School Culture," an interpretive and a dialectic approach to the study of gender, talk, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Coping
DeFord, Melissa S. – 1996
The concept of caring, especially when applied to adolescents, is often overlooked in education, perhaps due to the belief that parents are their primary nurturers or that adolescents do not require nurturing. This literature review examines periodicals, documents, books, and a television broadcast, all produced between 1990 and 1996, that deal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Adolescent Development, Classroom Environment