... (or lack thereof) had little to do with it. In at least one case in this study, an African-American student became so integrated into the white community that she lost her connectedness to her own ...
... with smoking, drinking, alcohol problems and illicit prescription use were found for white but not African-American students.
A total of 795 Western New York male and female undergraduate students ...
... to a predominantly white university, Shook said. By living with their white counterparts, the African American students are finding someone with whom they can study and learn from in ways other ...
... the beginning of the school year and again at the end. They found that for low-performing African-American students there is a drop in their sense of adequacy in school over the course of the school ...
... gains," while lower-grouped African-American students lose "tremendously" over time.
"Ability ... disparity of ability levels in the lower grades – some students already know their ABCs walking into first ...
... the interactions of black and white high-achieving students in elite, private high schools reveals ... Aug. 8 at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco, ...
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Why would high-achieving African-American students in high-minority schools face ... put-downs in these schools may be a coping strategy that students use when they don't have the skills to do the work ...
... 96 schools, with assessments for only 7,500 students--reporting science proficiency results. However ... progress being made among Hispanic and African-American students, as closing achievement gaps--while ...
... regardless of whether they are drivers or passengers, including young men, African Americans, students experiencing academic difficulties, and those with a history of either drinking and driving or ...
... on size, school type, census region, level of urbanization, percentage of Caucasian and African-American students, grade span and curriculum. Health-related variables such as height, weight, pubertal ...
... and Crysta L. Pikes examined a sample of 152 African American students in the ninth through twelfth grade at a high school in a large Midwestern city. The sample consisted of 102 ...
... AIDS cases nationwide. About 500,000 African Americans are now living with HIV/AIDS ... Given the scarcity of role models, African American students may have negative perceptions about their own competence ...
... urban schools can have a significant direct effect on all students' achievement and particularly that of African American students.
"Being in a classroom where the expectations are higher, the ...
... second highest scoring group. Asian students scored lower than Hispanics, but somewhat higher than African American students. The study authors noted that the sample size was small for both Asians and ...
... full; and feelings of embarrassment, depression, anxiety or guilt after eating.
Overall, the African-American students were less likely than the Caucasian students to meet criteria for binge eating ...
