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  Adolescent Violence and Unintentional Injury in the United States

  1/23/09 - Susan Wilde Schwarz

  "Overall rates of injury and death increase dramatically from childhood to late adolescence. Due to developmental and social factors, such as time spent without adult supervision and increasing independence, adolescents are more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors than either younger children or adults. Biology also plays a role. The maturation of brain networks responsible for self-regulation often does not occur until late adolescence, making adolescents more likely to engage in...

• INCREASING PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG ADOLESCENT AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

  1/1/07 - Martin, Don, Martin, Magy, Gibson, Suzanne Semivan, Wilkins, Jonathan

  African American adolescents disproportionately perform poorly compared to peers in both behavioral and academic aspects of their educational experience. In this study, African American male students participated in an after-school program involving tutoring, group counseling, and various enrichment activities. All students were assessed regarding their behavioral changes using attendance, discipline referrals, suspensions, and expulsions reports. The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT...

• Parental care and intrusiveness as predictors of the abilities-achievement gap in adolescence

  1/1/98 - Feldman, Ruth, Guttfreund, Daniel, Yerushalmi, Hannoch

  A study was conducted to examine the relationship between adolescents' perceptions of parental care and intrusiveness and the abilities-achievement gap. Data were drawn from 200 Israeli adolescents who self-reported representations of parental care and intrusiveness, externalizing symptoms, and internalizing symptoms. Results revealed that there was a larger gap between abilities and achievement in language and mathematics for boys than there was for girls and that this gap was accounted for...

• Parental care and intrusiveness as predictors of the abilities–achievement gap in adolescence

  1/1/98 - Feldman, Ruth, Guttfreund, Daniel, Yerushalmi, Hannoch

  Examined relations between adolescents' perception of parental care and intrusiveness and the abilities–achievement gap. Cognitive abilities and academic achievement were assessed for 200 Israeli 10th graders (aged 15–17 yrs). Representations of maternal and paternal care and intrusiveness and externalizing and internalizing symptoms were self-reported. Gender differences were found for the abilities–achievement gap. Boys' achievement in mathematics and language was...

• The middle school experience: Effects on the math and science achievement of adolescents with LD

  1/1/98 - Anderman, Eric M.

  Examined the relation between middle school transitions and achievement gaps in math and science between 296 adolescents with and 1,608 adolescents without learning disabilities (LD). An abundance of research (e.g., E. M. Anderman and M. L. Maehr, 1994) indicates that motivation and achievement decline during the early adolescent years, and that this decline is often attributable to the transition from elementary to middle grade schools during early adolescence. Using data from the National...

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  Academic literacy instruction for adolescents: A guidance document from the Center on Instruction.

  1/14/09 - Torgesen, J. K., Houston, D. D. , Rissman, L. M. , Decker, S. M. , Roberts, G. , Vaughn, S. , Wexler, J., Francis, D. J. , Rivera, M. O., Lesaux, N.

  This document developed by the Center on Instruction's Reading, Special Education and ELL Strands makes recommendations for improving literacy-related instruction in the content areas or across the entire school day, interventions for students reading below grade level, and recommendations for supporting literacy development in adolescent English language learners.

• Educational Leadership:The adolescent Learners

  1/1/05

  This issue of Educational Leadership focuses on "The adolescent Learners" .

• Immigration from Mexico into the Math/Science Pipeline in American Education

  1/1/04 - Crosnoe, Robert, Lopez-Gonzalez, Lorena, Muller, Chandra

  The purpose of this study was to explore generational differences in math/science enrollment and achievement among Mexican-American students and the role of family and school contexts in these differences.We applied survey regression techniques to data from 12,020 adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.Native-born Mexican-American students had lower math/science enrollment than their peers, especially after differences in family and school contexts were taken...

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  Interventions for adolescent struggling readers: A meta-analysis with implications for practice

  1/10/09 - Scammacca, N., Roberts, G., Vaughn. S. , Edmonds, M. , Wexler, J., Reutebuch, C. K., Torgesen, J. K.

  This 2007 brief is a meta-analysis of thirty-one studies on interventions targeting adolescents struggling with reading. Specifically, it looks at how effective interventions are for struggling adolescent readers, what the specific impact of reading interventions are on reading comprehension, and what specific impact reading interventions have for students with learning disabilities. The analysis further categories study findings depending on the type of reading intervention, the grade...

• It's Not "a Black Thing": Understanding the Burden of Acting White and Other Dilemmas of High Achievement

  1/1/05 - Tyson, Karolyn, Darity, William, Jr., Castellino, Domini R.

  For two decades the acting white hypothesis--the premise that black students are driven toward low school performance because of racialized peer pressure--has served as an explanation for the black-white achievement gap. Fordham and Ogbu proposed that black youths sabotage their own school careers by taking an oppositional stance toward academic achievement. Using interviews and existing data from eight North Carolina secondary public schools, this article shows that black adolescents are...

• Latino adolescents' civic development in the United States: Research results from the IEA civic education study

  1/1/07 - Torney-Purta, Judith, Barber, Carolyn H., Wilkenfeld, Britt

  Many studies have reported gaps between Latino and non-Latino adolescents in academic and political outcomes. The current study presents possible explanations for such gaps, both at the individual and school level. Hierarchical linear modeling is employed to examine data from 2,811 American ninth graders (approximately 14 years of age) who had participated in the IEA Civic Education study. Analyses of large data bases enable the consideration of individual characteristics and experiences, as...

• The Effects of School Racial and Ethnic Composition on Academic Achievement During Adolescence

  1/1/07 - Lee, Hedwig

  This research examines the effects of school racial and ethnic composition on students' academic achievement in the U.S. using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and hierarchical linear models. This analysis includes Hispanics, which stands apart from other research in this area that has traditionally focused on only Black and White student racial composition. In addition, peer group influences are measured by utilizing the comprehensive peer network data available for all...

• The roles of parenting styles and social capital in the school performance of immigrant Asian and Hispanic adolescents

  1/1/05 - Pong, Suet-ling, Hao, Lingxin, Gardner, Erica

  Objective: This study investigates the role of parenting styles and social capital (parental involvement, intergenerational closure, expectation, and trust) in accounting for school performance among ethnic groups and across immigrant generations. Methods: Using data from the Adolescent Health Survey, we estimate fixed-effects models to analyze students' grade-point averages. We compare three generations of Asian students and three generations of Hispanic students to the third-generation...

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  The secondary literary instruction and intervention guide

  1/3/09 - McPeak, L. , Trygg, L.

  This 2007 brief provides an orientation to the Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) model a replicable district-level model of instruction to meet the differentiated needs of struggling adolescents. CLC is a five-level model that is aligned with a 3-tiered RTI instructional model that takes a systems approach to providing adolescents with literacy instruction and intervention. The goal of the model is to decrease the achievement gap, improve adolescent retention, and provide teachers with...

• A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR 2007: INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY TO HELP CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

  1/1/07 - Donlevy, Jim

  The academic Achievement Gap persists even as calls intensify to close it. One fruitful area for helping to address achievement disparities is adolescent literacy. Although a great deal is known about teaching reading in the early grades, not as much is known about middle and high school literacy, areas where the Achievement Gap becomes more pronounced. This article reviews previous New Year's resolutions, calls for greater understanding of adolescent literacy, and describes some...

• A New Year's Resolution for 2007: Increase Understanding of Adolescent Literacy to Help Close the Achievement Gap

  1/1/07 - Donlevy, Jim

  The academic Achievement Gap persists even as calls intensify to close it. One fruitful area for helping to address achievement disparities is adolescent literacy. Although a great deal is known about teaching reading in the early grades, not as much is known about middle and high school literacy, areas where the Achievement Gap becomes more pronounced. This article reviews previous New Year's resolutions, calls for greater understanding of adolescent literacy, and describes some...