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Lakota cultural values and the language of advocacy: An approach to literacy in a Native American community.
(1989)
Over the past twenty years, eighteen tribally-controlled colleges have emerged to meet the needs of Native American students who wish to remain in their communities while pursuing a higher education. These colleges are ...
A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Variables Associated with the Incidence of Cancer Among Seventh-Day Adventists.
(1987)
The objective of the study is to examine prospectively the nature of the relationship between certain personality-psychosocial factors and the incidence of cancer for respondents twenty-five years of age and older. It is ...
Informal Social Networks of the Institutionalized Elderly.
(1985)
Changes may occur in (a) the composition of and /or (b) the support provided by elderly persons' informal social networks (ISNs) prior to or following their relocation to a nursing care facility (NCF). The purpose of this ...
The Role of Cooperation in Peer Group Treatment Programs for Juvenile Delinquents.
(1987)
Previous research has demonstrated cooperation to be an important factor for promoting prosocial behavior in educational settings. Recent research on group treatment programs for incarcerated adolescents has shown that ...
Understanding differences in Black and White students' self-concept of ability: An examination of attitudes and achievement across several domains of self-concept.
(1989)
The purpose of the present investigation was to provide a comprehensive understanding of the differences between Black and White students' self-concept of ability. The specific goals were to examine (a) individual differences ...
The effects of two cognitively-based interventions on high, medium, and low levels of test anxious college students.
(1988)
Eighty-eight undergraduate college students enrolled in three introductory psychology classes, all of whom agreed to participate as subjects in the Psychology Subject Pool, and six case studies from a counseling center at ...
Older Women Graduate Students: Copies Patterns in a Large University (Michigan).
(1984)
After a lapse in formal education a growing number of older women enroll in graduate school to continue programs begun earlier or to initiate new careers. The purpose of this study was: (1) to describe a selected sample ...
Elizabeth A. H. Green: a Biography (String Education, Conducting, Michigan).
(1986)
Professor Green's involvement with music has continued for more than seventy-five years, and her teaching career spans more than fifty of those years. Before she was old enough to establish educational and professional ...
Blacks in Detroit, 1736-1833: the Search for Freedom and Community and Its Implications for Educators.
(1982)
This historical study describes the French Canadian, English and American backgrounds of early blacks whose progeny migrated into Detroit. It also illustrates the typical and unique experiences of blacks as they sought ...