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Ahola-Sidaway, Janice A. – 1988
This paper examines the key differences between elementary school culture and high school culture as experienced by a group of Quebec youngsters making the transition from elementary school to high school. It presents a selective summary of a major research study that focused on the fundamental differences between elementary school student life…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship
Luftig, Richard L. – 1985
Evidence suggests that a significant proportion of school children consider themselves lonely and isolated from peers. However, less data exists as to (1) the accuracy of children's perceived loneliness when compared with their reported popularity with peers; (2) specific behavioral attributes that might contribute to popularity; and (3) stability…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textNorris, Robert G. – 1977
Teachers of adults, if they are to be really effective, must be sensitive to the particular characteristics and needs of adult learners. Adults have many physiological, psychological, and social characteristics that are the result of normal aging. In determining which characteristics interfere with learning, it is found that all have an impact on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Zimmermann, Jon E. – 1978
Foreign language teachers have long recognized that the teaching of culture is an integral part of their teaching objectives. Cultural content can change rapidly within the target society, and the difficulties encountered in gathering and up-dating relevant materials are compounded by the elusiveness of the term "culture." Cultural understanding…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Rawlings, Stephen – 1978
The booklet analyzes demographic and economic characteristics of married couples in the United States. The study is based on census data and on information about joint characteristics of husbands and wives. The objective of the study is to revise concepts related to family and household data by adding analysis of wives' characteristics to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Groups, Census Figures
DAVIS, ALLISON – 1965
THIS 1948 LECTURE ON THE SOCIALIZATION AND MENTAL ACTIVITIES OF NEGRO AND WHITE MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS CHILDREN DISCUSSES (1) THE STRUCTURE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS AMONG MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS PERSONS, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CLASS ON PROBLEM SOLVING IN STANDARDIZED MENTAL TESTS, (3) THE NATURE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES AND MENTAL…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests
Smith, Ralph V.; And Others – 1968
An extensive survey was conducted in 1965 by a team of white and Negro interviewers in an application of ecological theory to a study of the support relationship between the community and its school system. Findings are based upon interview data from a probability sample of 931 respondents selected from the population of persons 21 years of age…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Support
PDF pending restorationBruno, Rosalind R.; Adams, Andrea – Current Population Reports, 1994
This report presents detailed tabulations of data on school enrollment of the civilian noninstitutional population in October 1993. It also includes a summary time series of data collected since the beginning of the survey in 1946. Data cover enrollment in "regular school" from nursery school through college and professional schools. Data are…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Factors, Educational Background, Elementary School Students
Hopf, Diether – 1986
This study examined social class indicators of Greek migrants to the Federal Republic of Germany and non-migrants since 1960 to test the hypotheses that migrant workers as a majority are a positive select group (as compared to non-migrants of the same place of origin and time period) in terms of characteristics relevant to educational success and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Educational Discrimination
KARNES, MERLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1965
A RESEARCH STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-POTENTIAL CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS FOR AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. INTELLIGENCE TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO CHILDREN FROM SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN A DISADVANTAGED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE 203…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attitudes, Case Studies
Palomba, Neil A., Ed.; Jakubauskas, Edward B., Ed. – 1968
To promote better quality research, application of research to action programs, and effective instruction in colleges and universities, a manpower research institute was held at Iowa State University, June 12-16, 1967. Major papers relating to research programs covered: (1) an interdisciplinary approach, (2) the U.S. Department of Labor programs,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Development, Economic Research, Institutes (Training Programs)
Brown, Eddie F. – 1978
Designed for presentation in three two-hour class periods, this five-unit module presents both a conceptual framework for the study and analysis of Indian communities and a guide to instructors in schools of social work for presentation of this framework to students in a classroom setting. Primary focus is upon federally recognized tribal…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Characteristics, Curriculum Guides
Nostrand, Howard Lee; And Others – 1967
Cross-cultural understanding and successful communication are the objectives of this study, whose approach focuses upon descriptive knowledge of the foreign culture and society. In this part (written in English), the report focuses on some main culture patterns and social institutions of the United States, under the headings of (1) value system,…
Descriptors: American Culture, Bibliographies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training
Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. Project Africa. – 1969
This teaching guide and student text deal with four areas of change in contemporary Africa: (1) social change and the presence of industrialization, (2) changing patterns of work from a rural to an industrial-urban economy, (3) the impact of changing patterns in education on the lives of Africans, and (4) the nature of African cities and urban…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Community Characteristics, Cultural Influences
Webster, Staten W. – 1972
This collection of essays deals with those ethnic minority groups which can be classified as being among the socially disadvantaged in America. Here, the socially disadvantaged are described as persons or groups whose chances for the complete maximization of their talents or potentials are limited by societal factors related to poverty and/or…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Black Culture
