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Interracial Acceptance in Desegregated Schools.
Bennett, Christine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Reports on a study showing that teachers can influence the climate in the classroom and that this climate can have an impact on whether schools are truly integrated or merely desegregated. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Minority Groups, Racial Relations, School Desegregation
Student Initiated Interaction as an Indicator of Interracial Acceptance.
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Bennett, Christine – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1980
The student initiated classroom interaction (SICI) schedule was used to measure interracial attraction in desegregated classrooms. Verbal initiations and student friendship choices across race and sex were examined in 41 seventh and eighth grade classrooms in Indianapolis, Indiana. (JN)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship
A Study of the Causes of Disproportionality in Suspensions and Expulsions of Male and Black Students. Part One: Characteristics of Disruptive and Non-Disruptive Students.
Bennett, Christine; Harris, J. John, III – 1981
A study of why disproportionate numbers of male and black high school students are suspended or expelled examines student and school characteristics and teacher attitudes. This document reports results on student characteristics. In eleven high schools in two large, urban, midwestern school districts, researchers used interviews, student records,…
Descriptors: Expulsion, High Schools, Locus of Control, Power Structure
A Study of the Causes of Disproportionality in Suspensions and Expulsions of Male and Black Students. Part Two: Characteristics of High and Low Disproportionality Schools.
Bennett, Christine – 1981
A three-part study of why disproportionate numbers of black and male high school students are expelled or suspended examines student and school characteristics and teacher attitudes. This part of the report looks at school characteristics. In eleven high schools in two large, urban, midwestern school districts, researchers used interviews, student…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Environment, Expulsion, High Schools
Interracial Contact Experience and Attrition among Black Undergraduates at a Predominantly White University.
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Bennett, Christine – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1984
Black students who had positive interracial contact prior to college experienced more positive interracial contact on campus, had stronger feelings of being prepared for higher education, and expressed less trauma and more satisfaction with their decision to attend college. These findings support K-12 school integration policies recommended by…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Rate, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
A Study of Classroom Climate in Desegregated Schools.
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Bennett, Christine – Urban Review, 1981
It is commonly assumed that segregated schools are inherently bad and desegregated schools inherently good. However, existing studies have not identified conditions under which students benefit from desegregated schooling. This research studied verbal initiation and friendship choice as indicators of interracial associations and acceptance in the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Environment, Desegregation Effects, Females
Identifying Classroom Climates of Acceptance in Desegregated Schools.
Bennett, Christine – 1979
The goal of this study was to investigate the nature of classroom climates of acceptance in desegregated schools. Verbal initiations and student friendship choices across race and sex were examined in 41 seventh and eighth grade classrooms in Indianapolis, Indiana. Teachers were also interviewed and completed an attitudinal questionnaire. Factor…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Environment, Desegregation Effects