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Gavin Thomson; Jasmine T. Austin – Communication Teacher, 2024
Communication is used to engage and involve students in addressing food deserts and developing sustainable solutions. This application-based activity allows students to explain the reality of food deserts, map the food deserts in an area of interest, develop an intervention, and present their communication intervention to a nonprofit interlocutor.…
Descriptors: Food, Neighborhoods, Intervention, Geographic Regions
Rubel, Arthur J. – 1966
The purposes of this study were: (1) to describe the prevailing way of life of Americans of Mexican descent who lived in a small city in the lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas during the period from August, 1957, to August, 1959; (2) to discuss the manner in which these Mexican Americans coped with health problems; and (3) to explain the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
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Emory, Ronya; Caughy, Margaret; Harris, T. Robert; Franzini, Luisa – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
To examine how neighborhood characteristics influence academic achievement, data were drawn from a community survey of low-income neighborhoods and linked with data on performance on standardized testing for third-grade students attending elementary schools in those communities. Results of multilevel logistic regressions indicated that probability…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Standardized Tests
Hwang, Sean-Shong; Albrecht, Don E. – 1985
A 1983 survey of Texas homebuyers reveals a high degree of mismatch between the preferred and actual residence of homebuyers. Such mismatch is examined using social/psychological, life-cycle, racial, socioeconomic, and occupational factors as possible explanations. Questionnaires mailed to a stratified random sample of 960 homebuyers across 12…
Descriptors: Demography, Homeowners, Housing, Metropolitan Areas
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1978
This booklet outlines basic information on educating preschool and kindergarten age children in the Texas public schools. Teacher requirements, provisions for kindergarten endorsement and the emergency teaching permit are briefly discussed. Administrative program requirements, internships, and specialized preparation for school administrators are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
COX, SAMUEL H. – 1966
IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT FOUR PRIMARY FACTORS SIGNIFICANTLY INTERACT TO AFFECT THE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. THESE FACTORS WERE (1) FAMILY BACKGROUND VARIABLES, (2) PARENTAL CHILD-REARING PRACTICE AND ATTITUDE VARIABLES, (3) CHILD PERSONALITY AND SELF-CONCEPT VARIABLES, AND (4) CHILD-PEER RELATIONSHIP VARIABLES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Child Rearing