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Educational success for children in public care: Advice from a group of high achievers.

Child and Family Social Work

Martin P.Y., Jackson S..
UIID-AC: 90
2002;7:121-130. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00240.x.

Research over the past 20 years has consistently shown that children in public care fall behind at school, seldom achieve good qualifications, and are much less likely than their peers to go on to further or higher education. However,...

Social inclusion of students with physical disabilities in general physical education: A behavioral analysis.

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Place K., Hodge S.R..
UIID-AC: 93
2001;18:389-404.

The purpose was to describe the behaviors of eighth-grade students with and without physical disabilities relative to social inclusion in a general physical education program. Participants were 3 girls with physical disabilities and 19 classmates (11 females, 8 males)...

The reflective writing class blog: Using technology to promote reflection and professional development.

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Chretien K., Goldman E., Faselis C..
UIID-AC: 104
2008;23:2066-2070. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0796-5.

INTRODUCTION: The hidden (informal) curriculum is blamed for its negative effects on students' humanism and professional development. To combat this, educational initiatives employing mentored reflective practice, faculty role-modeling, and feedback have been advocated. AIM: Promote reflection on professional development...

Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Moss-Racusin C.A., Dovidio J.F., Brescoll V.L., Graham M.J., Handelsman J..
UIID-AC: 4
2012;109:16474-16479. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1211286109.

Despite efforts to recruit and retain more women, a stark gender disparity persists within academic science. Abundant research has demonstrated gender bias in many demographic groups, but has yet to experimentally investigate whether science faculty exhibit a bias against...

Improving adolescents' standardized test performance: An intervention to reduce the effects of stereotype threat.

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Good C., Aronson J., Inzlicht M..
UIID-AC: 6
2003;24:645-662. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2003.09.002.

Standardized tests continue to generate gender and race gaps in achievement despite decades of national attention. Research on "stereotype threat" (Steele & Aronson, 1995) suggests that these gaps may be partly due to stereotypes that impugn the math abilities...

Sex differences in research productivity: New evidence about an old puzzle.

American Sociological Review

Xie Y., Shauman K.A..
UIID-AC: 8
1998;63:847-870.

Numerous studies have found that female scientists publish at lower rates than male scientists. So far, explanations for this consistent pattern have failed to emerge, and sex differences in research productivity remain a puzzle. We report new empirical evidence...

The benefits of diversity in education for democratic citizenship.

Journal of Social Issues

Gurin P., Nagda B.A., Lopez G.E..
UIID-AC: 12
2004;60:17-34. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00097.x.

The social science statement in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) stressed that desegregation would benefit both African American and White children. Eventually, it was recognized that integration, rather than mere desegregation, was important for benefits to be realized....

Further support for the developmental significance of the quality of the teacher - Student relationship.

Journal of School Psychology

Hughes J.N., Cavell T.A., Willson V..
UIID-AC: 13
2001;39:289-301. doi: 10.1016/S0022-4405(01)00074-7.

Sociometric nominations and ratings assessed peers' perceptions of supportive and conflicted teacher - student relationships, evaluations of children's positive and negative attributes, and peer-rated liking. Participants were 993 third-and fourth-grade children. Girls obtained higher Teacher Support and lower Teacher...

Undergraduate research experiences support science career decisions and active learning.

CBE Life Sciences Education

Lopatto D..
UIID-AC: 14
2007;6:297-306. doi: 10.1187/cbe.07-06-0039.

The present study examined the reliability of student evaluations of summer undergraduate research experiences using the SURE (Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences) and a follow-up survey disseminated 9 mo later. The survey further examines the hypothesis that undergraduate research...

Number sense: Rethinking arithmetic instruction for students with mathematical disabilities.

Journal of Special Education

Gersten R., Chard D..
UIID-AC: 16
1999;33:18-28.

We describe the concept of number sense, an analog as important to mathematics learning as phonemic awareness has been to the reading research field. Understanding the concept of number sense and relevant research from cognitive science can help the...

A retrospective on undergraduate engineering success for underrepresented minority students.

Journal of Engineering Education

Chubin D.E., May G.S..
UIID-AC: 19
2003;92:27-39.

This paper examines the various actors that contribute to the success of minority students in engineering programs by exploring past and current paradigms promoting success and analyzing models for advancing the participation of members of these populations. Included is...

Educating medical students for work in culturally diverse societies.

Journal of the American Medical Association

Loudon R.F., Anderson P.M., Gill P.S., Greenfield S.M..
UIID-AC: 40
1999;282:875-880. doi: 10.1001/jama.282.9.875.

Context: Recent attention has focused on whether government health service institutions, particularly in the United Kingdom, reflect cultural sensitivity and competence and whether medical students receive proper guidance in this area. Objective: To systematically identify educational programs for medical...

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