Descriptor
Source
| Journal of Youth and… | 1 |
Author
| Conlon, Kathleen | 1 |
| Emoungu, Winnie D. | 1 |
| Hart, Sylvia | 1 |
| Marshall, Jon C. | 1 |
| Safer, Daniel J. | 1 |
| Sokol, Alvin P. | 1 |
| Williams, Linda | 1 |
Publication Type
| Books | 1 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| South Africa | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textColorado State Coll., Greeley. Counseling and Testing Center. – 1967
Reproduced here are the presentations and discussions of the workshop. The following topics were covered: (1) the role of religion in student crises; (2) the role of the college in student crises; (3) the community and college resources in student crises; (4) homosexual activities; (5) the view of an academic dean on student crises; (6) the…
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Addiction, Emotional Adjustment, Psychological Characteristics
Peer reviewedSafer, Daniel J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
This review summarizes pertinent literature on the differential impact of primary versus secondary public education on students. Data show that junior high/middle school students with prominent elementary school maladjustments have a 5-13-fold greater rate of grade failure, suspension, and undue absenteeism than do students without such…
Descriptors: Attendance, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Junior High Schools
Sokol, Alvin P.; Marshall, Jon C. – 1969
An investigation was conducted to determine the characteristics of independent (self-directing) students and those characteristics which differentiate independent from non-independent students. Each of the 35 teachers who had classroom contact with an 11th grade class of 525 was asked to name five students he felt best characterized…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, High School Students
Emoungu, Winnie D. – 1985
Counselors working with students from South Africa need to be aware that the system of apartheid has created separate and unequal societies resulting in major differences in student educational, cultural, political and other backgrounds. In addition, counselors need to be aware of individual differences as well as differences in how people cope…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Apartheid, College Students, Cultural Differences
Williams, Linda – 1995
A program for increasing the social skills development of fourth grade students is described. The targeted population consisted of fourth grade students in a growing, low socio-economic status, urban community including a public housing development. The problems of poor social skills and disruptive behavior were documented through observations,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution
Hart, Sylvia; Conlon, Kathleen – 1977
In an attempt to help educators, particularly in nursing, understand the attitudes, feelings, and perspectives that students from other cultures bring to the teacher-learner situation, this paper identifies some generalized behavioral characteristics of different cultures and the educational problems that may arise when cultural differences are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, Black Culture, Chinese Culture
