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Lemiere, Jurgen; Boets, Bart; Danckaerts, Marina – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: It has been suggested that high levels of prenatal testosterone exposure are implied in the aetiology of attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study examined the association between the ratio of the length of the second and fourth digits (2D:4D ratio), a marker of fetal testosterone exposure, and the presence of ADHD-related…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Prenatal Influences, Etiology
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Rosenthal, Natalie L.; Kobak, Roger – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2010
Adolescents' attachment hierarchies were assessed in a sample of 212 high school and 198 college students. The Important People Interview (IPI) differentiated attachment bonds from other supportive or affiliative relationships and indicated that adolescents show a hierarchical ordering of preferences for multiple attachment figures. Differences in…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Intimacy, Behavior Problems
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Iwaoka, Wayne T.; Li, Yong; Rhee, Walter Y. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2010
The Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT) is one of the many multiple-choice tests with validated questions that have been reported to measure general critical thinking (CT) ability. One of the IFT Education Standards for undergraduate degrees in Food Science is the emphasis on the development of critical thinking. While this skill is easy to list…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Foods Instruction, Nutrition Instruction, Cognitive Tests
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Maunder, Rachel E.; Harrop, Alex; Tattersall, Andrew J. – Educational Research, 2010
Background: How bullying is understood by members of the school community is important because differences in definitions could result in an inconsistent approach and affect the success of intervention work. Research evidence suggests that pupils and teachers may have different interpretations of what constitutes bullying. This evidence has,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Investigations, Bullying, Females
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Santos, Elvira Santos; Garcia, Irma Cruz Gavilan; Gomez, Eva Florencia Lejarazo; Vilchis-Reyes, Miguel Angel – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
A series of experiments based on problem-solving and collaborative-learning pedagogies are described that encourage students to interpret results and draw conclusions from data. Different approaches including parallel library synthesis, solvent variation, and leaving group variation are used to study a nucleophilic aromatic substitution of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, College Science, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
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Wildeman, Christopher – Social Forces, 2010
This study extends research on the consequences of mass imprisonment and the causes of children's behavioral problems by considering the effects of paternal incarceration on children's physical aggression at age 5 using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Results suggest that paternal incarceration is associated with…
Descriptors: Aggression, Daughters, Fathers, Males
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Anderson, James – Tech Directions, 2010
Project-based learning and academic integration are integral parts of the automotive technology program at Greenville High School. This Ohio comprehensive school has used both of these strategies for the past 15 years and their success is reflected in nine state SkillsUSA gold medals and one bronze, in addition to eight gold medals earned at the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Success, Problem Based Learning
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Warner, Wanda M.; Brown, Monica Wills; Lindle, Jane Clark – Journal of School Public Relations, 2010
The practice of public school consolidation has a long history in the United States. School consolidation involves several stakeholders and is tied to a community's identity. Educational leaders are faced with tough dilemmas among responding to student needs, meeting fiduciary responsibilities to constituencies, and addressing adult concerns about…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Rural Schools, Middle Schools, Consolidated Schools
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Karadag, Engin – Education, 2010
In this research, the level of quality of the qualitative research design used and the analytic mistakes made in the doctorate dissertations carried out in the field of education science in Turkey have been tried to be identified. Case study design has been applied in the study in which qualitative research techniques have been used. The universe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Qualitative Research, Educational Research
Mittan, Robert J. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
In the last article, the author covered the social and psychological causes to learning difficulty that can be created by epilepsy. Over the last two articles, the author gained a fairly complete picture of problems that may be due to the physical disorder of epilepsy and problems due to its unique impact on the social aspects of the classroom. In…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, Psychological Testing
Garton, Jeff – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
Management experts have observed that employment relationship has become contractual, fragile, and short-lived. Downsizings have resulted in some people having far too much work and stress, while increasing numbers have no work at all. As a result, people are taking jobs they do not really want and staying longer in jobs they do not really like.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Holistic Approach, Education Work Relationship, Quality of Working Life
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Singh, Ashvind N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Judy; Winton, Alan S. W.; Adkins, Angela D. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
Children with ADHD are often non-compliant with parental instructions. Various methods have been used to reduce problem behaviors in these children, with medication and manipulation of behavioral contingencies being the most prevalent. An objection often raised by parents is that these management strategies require them to impose external control…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Child Rearing, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Barmaki, Reza – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
Since the 1980s, Canadian legalized gambling has undergone a massive growth, resulting in numerous social problems such as crime, political corruption, and, most importantly, pathological gambling. When it comes to theorizing gambling in Canada, pathological gambling has been the centre of the attention for two related reasons: (1) the increasing…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Foreign Countries, Risk, Social Theories
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Garrison, Jean A.; Redd, Steven B.; Carter, Ralph G. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2010
For those who must import oil to maintain their economies and quality of life, any disruption in the delivery of imported oil is a highly threatening prospect. How would U.S. policymakers react to such a threat in the contemporary era? We examine the potential policymaking roles and impacts of bureaucratic actors operating at the intersection of…
Descriptors: Fuels, International Trade, Barriers, Maintenance
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Azam, Jean-Paul; Thelen, Veronique – Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2010
This article presents a theoretical framework and some empirical results showing that the level of foreign aid received reduces the supply of terrorist attacks from recipient countries, while U.S. military interventions are liable to increase this supply. Due account is taken of endogeneity problems in producing these results. They suggest that…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Military Service, War, Intervention
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